Is CITY OF PORT ARTHUR's water safe to drink?
CITY OF PORT ARTHUR had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. It serves 56,039 people through 24,840 service connections.
CITY OF PORT ARTHUR's record against the rest of the country
15 total violations and 8 health-based ones put CITY OF PORT ARTHUR at the 81th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 2,462 of 12,903.
How CITY OF PORT ARTHUR compares within TX
CITY OF PORT ARTHUR's 8 health-based violations sit above the TX average of 6.7, across 1,633 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for CITY OF PORT ARTHUR is from 2025-01-01 (health-based: 2025-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CITY OF PORT ARTHUR'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: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
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
Everything on this page is CITY OF PORT ARTHUR's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 15 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.