CITY OF SWEETWATER: EPA violation history, explained
CITY OF SWEETWATER has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 12,401 people get their water from it, across 5,069 connections.
CITY OF SWEETWATER's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, CITY OF SWEETWATER ranks 3,743th by violation burden (71th percentile) - 10 violations total, 5 health-baseds.
Against the TX average
Among the 1,633 TX systems in this dataset, the average is 6.7 health-based violations - CITY OF SWEETWATER's 5 is at or below that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
CITY OF SWEETWATER's most recent violation on record is dated 2018-01-05, with the most recent health-based one dated 1999-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
The concern categories on record
CITY OF SWEETWATER'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:
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
The most severe category on record is disinfection byproducts, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What CITY OF SWEETWATER's record does not cover
CITY OF SWEETWATER'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 - 5 health-based violations on file for CITY OF SWEETWATER - 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.