Is JBSA LACKLAND's water safe to drink?

JBSA LACKLAND has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 20,907 people through 5,948 service connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

35 total violations and 2 health-based ones put JBSA LACKLAND at the 53th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 6,017 of 12,903.

Against the TX average

TX's 1,633 covered systems average 6.7 health-based violations each; JBSA LACKLAND carries 2, not more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.

Most recent violation on record

JBSA LACKLAND's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-06-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2007-01-09. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.

The concern categories on record

JBSA LACKLAND'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 JBSA LACKLAND's record does not cover

JBSA LACKLAND's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. This record - 2 health-based violations on file for JBSA LACKLAND - 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.