CITY OF COTULLA: EPA violation history, explained
CITY OF COTULLA has at least one health-based violation EPA's ECHO database still lists as unaddressed - the required fix has not been reported complete. 5,640 people get their water from it, across 1,741 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
CITY OF COTULLA has 42 violations on record in total, 5 of thems health-based - ranking it 3,465th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 73th percentile nationally.
How CITY OF COTULLA compares within TX
TX's 1,633 covered systems average 6.7 health-based violations each; CITY OF COTULLA carries 5, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for CITY OF COTULLA is from 2025-05-10 (health-based: 2025-05-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CITY OF COTULLA'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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
This is what CITY OF COTULLA reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 42 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.