CITY OF NEWTON: EPA violation history, explained
CITY OF NEWTON 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: 2,724, over 908 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
CITY OF NEWTON has 23 violations on record in total, 2 of thems health-based - ranking it 6,180th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 52th 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 NEWTON's 2 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
CITY OF NEWTON's most recent violation on record is dated 2027-06-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2025-05-10. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
The concern categories on record
CITY OF NEWTON'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)
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 NEWTON's record does not cover
CITY OF NEWTON'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. This record - 2 health-based violations on file for CITY OF NEWTON - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.