GARZAS: EPA violation history, explained
GARZAS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 3,354 people through 1,256 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
89 total violations and 4 health-based ones put GARZAS at the 69th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,961 of 12,903.
How GARZAS compares within PR
PR's 103 covered systems average 46.1 health-based violations each; GARZAS carries 4, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for GARZAS is from 2020-01-07 (health-based: 2018-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 06/05/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
GARZAS'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)
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: 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 GARZAS's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and GARZAS's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 3,961th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.