What's in CITY OF LAREDO's water?
CITY OF LAREDO had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 260,046 people get their water from it, across 88,747 connections.
How this compares nationally
CITY OF LAREDO has 99 violations on record in total, 14 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,307th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 90th percentile nationally.
Against the TX average
TX's 1,633 covered systems average 6.7 health-based violations each; CITY OF LAREDO carries 14, more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
CITY OF LAREDO's most recent violation on record is dated 2026-03-05, with the most recent health-based one dated 2026-01-05. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
The concern categories on record
CITY OF LAREDO'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
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); Revised Total Coliform Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What CITY OF LAREDO's record does not cover
CITY OF LAREDO'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 LAREDO's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,307th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.