Is DENTON COUNTY FWSD 8-B's water safe to drink?
DENTON COUNTY FWSD 8-B has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 3,090, over 1,030 connections.
How this compares nationally
DENTON COUNTY FWSD 8-B has 10 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 8,248th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 36th percentile nationally.
How DENTON COUNTY FWSD 8-B compares within TX
DENTON COUNTY FWSD 8-B's 1 health-based violations sit within the TX average of 6.7, across 1,633 systems statewide. 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 DENTON COUNTY FWSD 8-B is from 2025-01-07 (health-based: 2013-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
DENTON COUNTY FWSD 8-B'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)
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
This is what DENTON COUNTY FWSD 8-B reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. This record - 1 health-based violation on file for DENTON COUNTY FWSD 8-B - 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.