Is FALFURRIAS UTILITY BOARD's water safe to drink?
FALFURRIAS UTILITY BOARD has at least one health-based violation EPA's ECHO database still lists as unaddressed - the required fix has not been reported complete. It serves 4,473 people through 2,763 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
FALFURRIAS UTILITY BOARD has 51 violations on record in total, 20 of thems health-based - ranking it 886th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 93th percentile nationally.
Against the TX average
Among the 1,633 TX systems in this dataset, the average is 6.7 health-based violations - FALFURRIAS UTILITY BOARD's 20 is above that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
FALFURRIAS UTILITY BOARD's most recent violation on record is dated 2026-05-03, with the most recent health-based one dated 2025-05-10. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
The concern categories on record
FALFURRIAS UTILITY BOARD'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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); Revised Total Coliform Rule
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Selenium
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What FALFURRIAS UTILITY BOARD's record does not cover
This is what FALFURRIAS UTILITY BOARD 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. Between the utility's meter and FALFURRIAS UTILITY BOARD's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 886th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.