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HARRIS COUNTY WCID 50 EL LAGO: EPA violation history, explained

HARRIS COUNTY WCID 50 EL LAGO has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 3,924 people get their water from it, across 1,308 connections.

How this compares nationally

HARRIS COUNTY WCID 50 EL LAGO has 12 violations on record in total, 4 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,352th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 66th percentile nationally.

How HARRIS COUNTY WCID 50 EL LAGO compares within TX

TX's 1,633 covered systems average 6.7 health-based violations each; HARRIS COUNTY WCID 50 EL LAGO 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 HARRIS COUNTY WCID 50 EL LAGO is from 2021-08-03 (health-based: 2019-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

HARRIS COUNTY WCID 50 EL LAGO'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:

The most severe category on record is synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / vocs, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.

What this data is and is not

Everything on this page is HARRIS COUNTY WCID 50 EL LAGO's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 12 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.