Is CITY OF EARLY's water safe to drink?
CITY OF EARLY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 3,296 people through 1,554 service connections.
How this compares nationally
17 total violations and 6 health-based ones put CITY OF EARLY at the 76th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,144 of 12,903.
Against the TX average
Among the 1,633 TX systems in this dataset, the average is 6.7 health-based violations - CITY OF EARLY'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 EARLY's most recent violation on record is dated 2026-06-12, with the most recent health-based one dated 2005-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
The concern categories on record
CITY OF EARLY'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
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
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 EARLY's record does not cover
Everything on this page is CITY OF EARLY's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 6 health-based violations on file for CITY OF EARLY - 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.