Is CITY OF DECATUR WATER PLANT's water safe to drink?
CITY OF DECATUR WATER PLANT 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: 6,910, over 3,291 connections.
CITY OF DECATUR WATER PLANT's record against the rest of the country
24 total violations and 14 health-based ones put CITY OF DECATUR WATER PLANT at the 89th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,374 of 12,903.
How CITY OF DECATUR WATER PLANT compares within TX
TX's 1,633 covered systems average 6.7 health-based violations each; CITY OF DECATUR WATER PLANT carries 14, 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 DECATUR WATER PLANT is from 2025-11-05 (health-based: 2025-01-05). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CITY OF DECATUR WATER PLANT'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: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Revised Total Coliform Rule
- 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 this data is and is not
This is what CITY OF DECATUR WATER PLANT 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. Between the utility's meter and CITY OF DECATUR WATER PLANT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,374th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.