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CITY OF CRANE: EPA violation history, explained

CITY OF CRANE had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 3,996 people get their water from it, across 1,818 connections.

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

47 total violations and 37 health-based ones put CITY OF CRANE at the 97th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 426 of 12,903.

Against the TX average

TX's 1,633 covered systems average 6.7 health-based violations each; CITY OF CRANE carries 37, more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.

Most recent violation on record

CITY OF CRANE's most recent violation on record is dated 2026-05-09, with the most recent health-based one dated 2025-05-10. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.

The concern categories on record

CITY OF CRANE'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 lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.

What CITY OF CRANE's record does not cover

CITY OF CRANE'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 - 37 health-based violations on file for CITY OF CRANE - 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.