What's in CITY OF DESOTO's water?
CITY OF DESOTO has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 57,999, over 18,922 connections.
How this compares nationally
28 total violations and 2 health-based ones put CITY OF DESOTO at the 53th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 6,088 of 12,903.
How CITY OF DESOTO compares within TX
TX's 1,633 covered systems average 6.7 health-based violations each; CITY OF DESOTO carries 2, not more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for CITY OF DESOTO is from 2024-01-01 (health-based: 2007-01-09). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CITY OF DESOTO'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)
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 DESOTO 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. This record - 2 health-based violations on file for CITY OF DESOTO - 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.