Is HARRIS COUNTY MUD 449's water safe to drink?

HARRIS COUNTY MUD 449 has no violations on record in EPA's SDWIS data. 7,179 people get their water from it, across 2,434 connections.

How this compares nationally

0 total violations and 0 health-based ones put HARRIS COUNTY MUD 449 at the 2th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 12,706 of 12,903.

Against the TX average

Among the 1,633 TX systems in this dataset, the average is 6.7 health-based violations - HARRIS COUNTY MUD 449's 0 is at or below that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.

Why "no violations" needs a caveat here

HARRIS COUNTY MUD 449 serves 7,179 people. EPA requires smaller systems to test less often than large ones, so a clean record here is real but weaker evidence than the same record on a system serving hundreds of thousands - fewer tests means fewer chances to catch a problem. See the guide to reading a clean record for what that does and does not tell you.

What HARRIS COUNTY MUD 449's record does not cover

This is what HARRIS COUNTY MUD 449 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. This record - 0 health-based violations on file for HARRIS COUNTY MUD 449 - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.