Is CITY OF CASTROVILLE's water safe to drink?
CITY OF CASTROVILLE has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 3,913 people through 1,353 service connections.
CITY OF CASTROVILLE's record against the rest of the country
18 total violations and 2 health-based ones put CITY OF CASTROVILLE at the 51th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 6,261 of 12,903.
How CITY OF CASTROVILLE compares within TX
CITY OF CASTROVILLE's 2 health-based violations sit within the TX average of 6.7, across 1,633 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for CITY OF CASTROVILLE is from 2022-06-12 (health-based: 2010-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CITY OF CASTROVILLE's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
Everything on this page is CITY OF CASTROVILLE's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 18 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.