Is CITY OF ODEM's water safe to drink?
CITY OF ODEM has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 2,250, over 1,467 connections.
How this compares nationally
CITY OF ODEM has 20 violations on record in total, 2 of thems health-based - ranking it 6,227th 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 ODEM's 2 is at or below that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
CITY OF ODEM's most recent violation on record is dated 2026-05-09, with the most recent health-based one dated 2021-01-10. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
The concern categories on record
CITY OF ODEM'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)
- 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 CITY OF ODEM's record does not cover
CITY OF ODEM'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 ODEM - 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.