Is EAST CENTRAL SUD's water safe to drink?
EAST CENTRAL SUD has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 26,137 people get their water from it, across 8,709 connections.
EAST CENTRAL SUD's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, EAST CENTRAL SUD ranks 5,990th by violation burden (54th percentile) - 38 violations total, 2 health-baseds.
How EAST CENTRAL SUD compares within TX
EAST CENTRAL SUD's 2 health-based violations sit within the TX average of 6.7, across 1,633 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for EAST CENTRAL SUD is from 2016-01-07 (health-based: 2010-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
EAST CENTRAL SUD'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: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
The most severe category on record is disinfection byproducts, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
This is what EAST CENTRAL SUD 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 - 2 health-based violations on file for EAST CENTRAL SUD - 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.