What's in CITY OF GATESVILLE's water?
CITY OF GATESVILLE has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 16,135 people get their water from it, across 4,379 connections.
CITY OF GATESVILLE's record against the rest of the country
CITY OF GATESVILLE has 23 violations on record in total, 10 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,959th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 85th percentile nationally.
How CITY OF GATESVILLE compares within TX
TX's 1,633 covered systems average 6.7 health-based violations each; CITY OF GATESVILLE carries 10, more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for CITY OF GATESVILLE is from 2025-02-07 (health-based: 2016-01-02). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CITY OF GATESVILLE'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); Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Fluoride
- 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 this data is and is not
CITY OF GATESVILLE's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. Between the utility's meter and CITY OF GATESVILLE's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,959th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.