Is CITY OF DEVINE's water safe to drink?
CITY OF DEVINE has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 4,335 people through 1,765 service connections.
CITY OF DEVINE's record against the rest of the country
CITY OF DEVINE has 16 violations on record in total, 6 of thems health-based - ranking it 3,158th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 76th percentile nationally.
Against the TX average
Among the 1,633 TX systems in this dataset, the average is 6.7 health-based violations - CITY OF DEVINE's 6 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
CITY OF DEVINE's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-02-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2017-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
The concern categories on record
CITY OF DEVINE'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)
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Asbestos
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 DEVINE's record does not cover
Everything on this page is CITY OF DEVINE's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and CITY OF DEVINE's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 3,158th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.