CITY OF HORSESHOE BAY: EPA violation history, explained
CITY OF HORSESHOE BAY had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 12,729 people get their water from it, across 3,456 connections.
How this compares nationally
CITY OF HORSESHOE BAY has 49 violations on record in total, 19 of thems health-based - ranking it 938th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 93th percentile nationally.
Against the TX average
TX's 1,633 covered systems average 6.7 health-based violations each; CITY OF HORSESHOE BAY carries 19, more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
CITY OF HORSESHOE BAY's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-04-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2024-01-06. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
The concern categories on record
CITY OF HORSESHOE BAY'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); Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Revised Total Coliform Rule
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Fluoride
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
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 HORSESHOE BAY's record does not cover
Everything on this page is CITY OF HORSESHOE BAY'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 HORSESHOE BAY's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 938th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.