DrinkingWaterCheck

CITY OF CLEVELAND: EPA violation history, explained

CITY OF CLEVELAND has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 12,438 people through 4,053 service connections.

How this compares nationally

12 total violations and 1 health-based ones put CITY OF CLEVELAND at the 37th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 8,086 of 12,903.

How CITY OF CLEVELAND compares within TX

Among the 1,633 TX systems in this dataset, the average is 6.7 health-based violations - CITY OF CLEVELAND's 1 is at or below that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.

Most recent violation on record

The last violation EPA has on record for CITY OF CLEVELAND is from 2025-02-07 (health-based: 2003-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

CITY OF CLEVELAND'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:

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

CITY OF CLEVELAND's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 12 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.