DrinkingWaterCheck

What's in CITY OF CLIFTON's water?

CITY OF CLIFTON has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 3,442 people get their water from it, across 1,481 connections.

CITY OF CLIFTON's record against the rest of the country

Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, CITY OF CLIFTON ranks 2,755th by violation burden (79th percentile) - 17 violations total, 7 health-baseds.

Against the TX average

Among the 1,633 TX systems in this dataset, the average is 6.7 health-based violations - CITY OF CLIFTON's 7 is above that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.

Most recent violation on record

CITY OF CLIFTON's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2019-01-04. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.

The concern categories on record

CITY OF CLIFTON'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 CITY OF CLIFTON's record does not cover

Everything on this page is CITY OF CLIFTON's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and CITY OF CLIFTON's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,755th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.