What's in CITY OF IDALOU's water?
CITY OF IDALOU has at least one health-based violation EPA's ECHO database still lists as unaddressed - the required fix has not been reported complete. It serves 2,250 people through 996 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, CITY OF IDALOU ranks 138th by violation burden (99th percentile) - 117 violations total, 73 health-baseds.
How CITY OF IDALOU compares within TX
CITY OF IDALOU's 73 health-based violations sit above 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 IDALOU is from 2027-05-09 (health-based: 2026-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CITY OF IDALOU'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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: 1,1-Dichloroethylene
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Arsenic; Fluoride
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
CITY OF IDALOU'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 IDALOU's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 138th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.