DrinkingWaterCheck

Is CITY OF LIVINGSTON's water safe to drink?

CITY OF LIVINGSTON has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 15,199, over 5,641 connections.

CITY OF LIVINGSTON's record against the rest of the country

CITY OF LIVINGSTON has 8 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 8,361th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 35th percentile nationally.

Against the TX average

Among the 1,633 TX systems in this dataset, the average is 6.7 health-based violations - CITY OF LIVINGSTON's 1 is at or below that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.

Most recent violation on record

CITY OF LIVINGSTON's most recent violation on record is dated 2023-06-12, with the most recent health-based one dated 2015-01-10. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.

The concern categories on record

CITY OF LIVINGSTON'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:

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 LIVINGSTON's record does not cover

This is what CITY OF LIVINGSTON 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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 8 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.