Is CITY OF GALVESTON's water safe to drink?
CITY OF GALVESTON has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 52,326 people get their water from it, across 41,440 connections.
CITY OF GALVESTON's record against the rest of the country
20 total violations and 2 health-based ones put CITY OF GALVESTON at the 52th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 6,215 of 12,903.
Against the TX average
CITY OF GALVESTON's 2 health-based violations sit within the TX average of 6.7, across 1,633 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
CITY OF GALVESTON's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2012-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
The concern categories on record
CITY OF GALVESTON'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)
- 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 GALVESTON's record does not cover
This is what CITY OF GALVESTON 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 GALVESTON's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 6,215th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.