Is CITY OF OLNEY's water safe to drink?
CITY OF OLNEY had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 3,007 people get their water from it, across 1,791 connections.
CITY OF OLNEY's record against the rest of the country
CITY OF OLNEY has 16 violations on record in total, 2 of thems health-based - ranking it 6,311th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 51th percentile nationally.
Against the TX average
TX's 1,633 covered systems average 6.7 health-based violations each; CITY OF OLNEY carries 2, not more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
CITY OF OLNEY's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-05-10, 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 OLNEY'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 OLNEY's record does not cover
This is what CITY OF OLNEY 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. Between the utility's meter and CITY OF OLNEY's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 6,311th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.