CITY OF SULPHUR SPRINGS: EPA violation history, explained
CITY OF SULPHUR SPRINGS had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 16,243, over 13,166 connections.
CITY OF SULPHUR SPRINGS's record against the rest of the country
CITY OF SULPHUR SPRINGS has 6 violations on record in total, 4 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,540th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 65th percentile nationally.
How CITY OF SULPHUR SPRINGS compares within TX
TX's 1,633 covered systems average 6.7 health-based violations each; CITY OF SULPHUR SPRINGS 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 SULPHUR SPRINGS is from 2022-01-12 (health-based: 2022-01-12). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CITY OF SULPHUR SPRINGS'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: Interim Enhanced 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
Everything on this page is CITY OF SULPHUR SPRINGS's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and CITY OF SULPHUR SPRINGS's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,540th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.