CITY OF RUNAWAY BAY: EPA violation history, explained
CITY OF RUNAWAY BAY has at least one health-based violation EPA's ECHO database still lists as unaddressed - the required fix has not been reported complete. It serves 2,458 people through 1,296 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
CITY OF RUNAWAY BAY has 103 violations on record in total, 30 of thems health-based - ranking it 562th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 96th percentile nationally.
How CITY OF RUNAWAY BAY compares within TX
CITY OF RUNAWAY BAY's 30 health-based violations sit above 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
The last violation EPA has on record for CITY OF RUNAWAY BAY is from 2026-07-03 (health-based: 2026-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CITY OF RUNAWAY BAY'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); Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
This is what CITY OF RUNAWAY BAY 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 RUNAWAY BAY's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 562th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.