Is HARRIS COUNTY MUD 16's water safe to drink?
HARRIS COUNTY MUD 16 has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 5,982 people through 2,084 service connections.
How this compares nationally
HARRIS COUNTY MUD 16 has 2 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 9,135th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 29th percentile nationally.
Against the TX average
Among the 1,633 TX systems in this dataset, the average is 6.7 health-based violations - HARRIS COUNTY MUD 16's 1 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
HARRIS COUNTY MUD 16's most recent violation on record is dated 2012-01-04, with the most recent health-based one dated 2012-01-04. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
The concern categories on record
HARRIS COUNTY MUD 16'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 16's record does not cover
This is what HARRIS COUNTY MUD 16 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 HARRIS COUNTY MUD 16's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 9,135th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.