Is CITY OF LA MARQUE's water safe to drink?
CITY OF LA MARQUE has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 15,154 people get their water from it, across 6,614 connections.
CITY OF LA MARQUE's record against the rest of the country
16 total violations and 3 health-based ones put CITY OF LA MARQUE at the 60th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,099 of 12,903.
Against the TX average
CITY OF LA MARQUE's 3 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 LA MARQUE's most recent violation on record is dated 2027-06-12, with the most recent health-based one dated 1988-01-04. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
The concern categories on record
CITY OF LA MARQUE'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:
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
The most severe category on record is disinfection byproducts, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What CITY OF LA MARQUE's record does not cover
This is what CITY OF LA MARQUE 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 LA MARQUE's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 5,099th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.