Is CITY OF MINERAL WELLS's water safe to drink?
CITY OF MINERAL WELLS had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 15,564, over 14,302 connections.
How this compares nationally
CITY OF MINERAL WELLS has 10 violations on record in total, 4 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,398th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 66th percentile nationally.
How CITY OF MINERAL WELLS compares within TX
CITY OF MINERAL WELLS's 4 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 MINERAL WELLS is from 2023-01-08 (health-based: 2023-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CITY OF MINERAL WELLS'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: Chlorite; 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 this data is and is not
CITY OF MINERAL WELLS'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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 10 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.