Is CITY OF SAGINAW's water safe to drink?
CITY OF SAGINAW has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 23,890, over 8,752 connections.
CITY OF SAGINAW's record against the rest of the country
CITY OF SAGINAW has 12 violations on record in total, 4 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,335th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 66th percentile nationally.
How CITY OF SAGINAW compares within TX
CITY OF SAGINAW's 4 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
The last violation EPA has on record for CITY OF SAGINAW is from 2026-01-04 (health-based: 2006-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CITY OF SAGINAW'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: Coliform (TCR)
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
This is what CITY OF SAGINAW 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 - 4 health-based violations on file for CITY OF SAGINAW - 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.