CITY OF SAN BENITO: EPA violation history, explained
CITY OF SAN BENITO has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 24,250 people through 7,550 service connections.
How this compares nationally
CITY OF SAN BENITO has 34 violations on record in total, 16 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,148th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 91th percentile nationally.
How CITY OF SAN BENITO compares within TX
TX's 1,633 covered systems average 6.7 health-based violations each; CITY OF SAN BENITO carries 16, more than typical for the state. 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 SAN BENITO is from 2025-02-07 (health-based: 2016-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CITY OF SAN BENITO'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); Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
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
CITY OF SAN BENITO's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. This record - 16 health-based violations on file for CITY OF SAN BENITO - 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.