CITY OF SHEPHERD: EPA violation history, explained
CITY OF SHEPHERD has at least one health-based violation EPA's ECHO database still lists as unaddressed - the required fix has not been reported complete. 3,411 people get their water from it, across 1,245 connections.
How this compares nationally
52 total violations and 2 health-based ones put CITY OF SHEPHERD at the 54th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,911 of 12,903.
Against the TX average
Among the 1,633 TX systems in this dataset, the average is 6.7 health-based violations - CITY OF SHEPHERD's 2 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
CITY OF SHEPHERD's most recent violation on record is dated 2027-06-12, with the most recent health-based one dated 2025-05-10. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
The concern categories on record
CITY OF SHEPHERD'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: Groundwater Rule
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What CITY OF SHEPHERD's record does not cover
CITY OF SHEPHERD'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 - 2 health-based violations on file for CITY OF SHEPHERD - 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.