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CITY OF ODESSA: EPA violation history, explained

CITY OF ODESSA has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 123,334 people through 55,910 service connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, CITY OF ODESSA ranks 3,082th by violation burden (76th percentile) - 22 violations total, 6 health-baseds.

Against the TX average

CITY OF ODESSA's 6 health-based violations sit within the TX average of 6.7, across 1,633 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.

Most recent violation on record

CITY OF ODESSA's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-02-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2021-01-02. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.

The concern categories on record

CITY OF ODESSA'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 ODESSA's record does not cover

CITY OF ODESSA'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. Between the utility's meter and CITY OF ODESSA's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 3,082th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.