Is HIDALGO COUNTY MUD 1's water safe to drink?
HIDALGO COUNTY MUD 1 has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 8,420 people through 3,088 service connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, HIDALGO COUNTY MUD 1 ranks 1,928th by violation burden (85th percentile) - 35 violations total, 10 health-baseds.
How HIDALGO COUNTY MUD 1 compares within TX
HIDALGO COUNTY MUD 1's 10 health-based violations sit above 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
The last violation EPA has on record for HIDALGO COUNTY MUD 1 is from 2024-01-03 (health-based: 2011-01-06). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
HIDALGO COUNTY MUD 1'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)
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
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 HIDALGO COUNTY MUD 1's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and HIDALGO COUNTY MUD 1's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,928th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.