CITY OF SEALY: EPA violation history, explained
CITY OF SEALY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 6,839, over 3,787 connections.
How this compares nationally
CITY OF SEALY has 7 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 8,473th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 34th percentile nationally.
How CITY OF SEALY compares within TX
TX's 1,633 covered systems average 6.7 health-based violations each; CITY OF SEALY carries 1, not more than typical for the state. 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 SEALY is from 2026-05-09 (health-based: 2017-02-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CITY OF SEALY'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: Revised Total Coliform 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
CITY OF SEALY'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 - 1 health-based violation on file for CITY OF SEALY - 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.