Is CITY OF HOUSTON DISTRICT 73's water safe to drink?
CITY OF HOUSTON DISTRICT 73 has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 6,105 people through 2,035 service connections.
CITY OF HOUSTON DISTRICT 73's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, CITY OF HOUSTON DISTRICT 73 ranks 9,008th by violation burden (30th percentile) - 3 violations total, 1 health-based.
How CITY OF HOUSTON DISTRICT 73 compares within TX
CITY OF HOUSTON DISTRICT 73's 1 health-based violations sit within the TX average of 6.7, across 1,633 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for CITY OF HOUSTON DISTRICT 73 is from 2013-01-09 (health-based: 2013-01-09). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CITY OF HOUSTON DISTRICT 73'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 this data is and is not
CITY OF HOUSTON DISTRICT 73'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 HOUSTON DISTRICT 73's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 9,008th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.