FILES VALLEY WSC: EPA violation history, explained
FILES VALLEY WSC has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 4,776, over 1,594 connections.
How this compares nationally
FILES VALLEY WSC has 7 violations on record in total, 4 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,518th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 65th percentile nationally.
Against the TX average
Among the 1,633 TX systems in this dataset, the average is 6.7 health-based violations - FILES VALLEY WSC's 4 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
FILES VALLEY WSC's most recent violation on record is dated 2015-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2005-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
The concern categories on record
FILES VALLEY WSC'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:
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: Atrazine
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
The most severe category on record is synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / vocs, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What FILES VALLEY WSC's record does not cover
This is what FILES VALLEY WSC 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 FILES VALLEY WSC's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,518th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.