CITY OF SOUTH HOUSTON: EPA violation history, explained
CITY OF SOUTH HOUSTON has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 17,397 people through 4,698 service connections.
CITY OF SOUTH HOUSTON's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, CITY OF SOUTH HOUSTON ranks 4,172th by violation burden (68th percentile) - 23 violations total, 4 health-baseds.
How CITY OF SOUTH HOUSTON compares within TX
TX's 1,633 covered systems average 6.7 health-based violations each; CITY OF SOUTH HOUSTON carries 4, not 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 SOUTH HOUSTON is from 2025-02-07 (health-based: 2004-01-09). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CITY OF SOUTH HOUSTON'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)
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Fluoride
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
Everything on this page is CITY OF SOUTH HOUSTON's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 4 health-based violations on file for CITY OF SOUTH HOUSTON - 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.