What's in CITY OF ELGIN's water?
CITY OF ELGIN has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 13,188, over 4,692 connections.
CITY OF ELGIN's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, CITY OF ELGIN ranks 8,364th by violation burden (35th percentile) - 8 violations total, 1 health-based.
Against the TX average
Among the 1,633 TX systems in this dataset, the average is 6.7 health-based violations - CITY OF ELGIN's 1 is at or below that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
CITY OF ELGIN's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-02-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 1991-01-03. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
The concern categories on record
CITY OF ELGIN'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 CITY OF ELGIN's record does not cover
Everything on this page is CITY OF ELGIN's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 1 health-based violation on file for CITY OF ELGIN - 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.