CITY OF WINTERS: EPA violation history, explained
CITY OF WINTERS 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: 2,281, over 1,404 connections.
CITY OF WINTERS's record against the rest of the country
CITY OF WINTERS has 96 violations on record in total, 11 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,700th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 87th percentile nationally.
How CITY OF WINTERS compares within TX
TX's 1,633 covered systems average 6.7 health-based violations each; CITY OF WINTERS carries 11, more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for CITY OF WINTERS is from 2027-07-05 (health-based: 2025-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CITY OF WINTERS'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; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
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 WINTERS's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 11 health-based violations on file for CITY OF WINTERS - 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.