Is HARRIS COUNTY MUD 153's water safe to drink?
HARRIS COUNTY MUD 153 has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 11,781 people through 3,927 service connections.
How this compares nationally
HARRIS COUNTY MUD 153 has 1 violation on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 9,200th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 29th percentile nationally.
Against the TX average
HARRIS COUNTY MUD 153's 1 health-based violations sit within the TX average of 6.7, across 1,633 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
HARRIS COUNTY MUD 153's most recent violation on record is dated 2004-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2004-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
The concern categories on record
HARRIS COUNTY MUD 153'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 HARRIS COUNTY MUD 153's record does not cover
This is what HARRIS COUNTY MUD 153 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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 1 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.