Is HARRIS COUNTY WATER SYSTEM's water safe to drink?
HARRIS COUNTY WATER SYSTEM has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 22,922 people through 8,816 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
13 total violations and 2 health-based ones put HARRIS COUNTY WATER SYSTEM at the 50th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 6,398 of 12,903.
How HARRIS COUNTY WATER SYSTEM compares within GA
HARRIS COUNTY WATER SYSTEM's 2 health-based violations sit within the GA average of 3.5, across 312 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for HARRIS COUNTY WATER SYSTEM is from 2021-01-07 (health-based: 2009-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 06/12/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
HARRIS COUNTY WATER SYSTEM'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 this data is and is not
Everything on this page is HARRIS COUNTY WATER SYSTEM's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 2 health-based violations on file for HARRIS COUNTY WATER SYSTEM - 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.