Is CITY OF MOUNT VERNON's water safe to drink?
CITY OF MOUNT VERNON has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 2,662 people get their water from it, across 1,293 connections.
CITY OF MOUNT VERNON's record against the rest of the country
14 total violations and 10 health-based ones put CITY OF MOUNT VERNON at the 84th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 2,011 of 12,903.
How CITY OF MOUNT VERNON compares within TX
TX's 1,633 covered systems average 6.7 health-based violations each; CITY OF MOUNT VERNON carries 10, more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for CITY OF MOUNT VERNON is from 2025-02-07 (health-based: 2006-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CITY OF MOUNT VERNON'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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
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 this data is and is not
This is what CITY OF MOUNT VERNON 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 14 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.