DrinkingWaterCheck

CITY OF QUANAH: EPA violation history, explained

CITY OF QUANAH had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 2,662 people get their water from it, across 1,256 connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

76 total violations and 10 health-based ones put CITY OF QUANAH at the 85th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,896 of 12,903.

How CITY OF QUANAH compares within TX

Among the 1,633 TX systems in this dataset, the average is 6.7 health-based violations - CITY OF QUANAH's 10 is above that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.

Most recent violation on record

The last violation EPA has on record for CITY OF QUANAH is from 2027-02-05 (health-based: 2026-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

CITY OF QUANAH'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 disinfection byproducts, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.

What this data is and is not

This is what CITY OF QUANAH 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. This record - 10 health-based violations on file for CITY OF QUANAH - 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.