Is CITY OF COMMERCE's water safe to drink?
CITY OF COMMERCE had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 9,266, over 6,927 connections.
CITY OF COMMERCE's record against the rest of the country
CITY OF COMMERCE has 49 violations on record in total, 18 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,002th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 92th percentile nationally.
Against the TX average
CITY OF COMMERCE's 18 health-based violations sit above the TX average of 6.7, across 1,633 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
CITY OF COMMERCE's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-07-08, with the most recent health-based one dated 2022-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
The concern categories on record
CITY OF COMMERCE'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); Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Nitrate / nitrite - flagged from: Nitrite
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
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 COMMERCE's record does not cover
CITY OF COMMERCE'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. This record - 18 health-based violations on file for CITY OF COMMERCE - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.