Is NEWPORT MUD's water safe to drink?

NEWPORT MUD has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 13,191 people get their water from it, across 4,397 connections.

How this compares nationally

12 total violations and 1 health-based ones put NEWPORT MUD at the 37th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 8,084 of 12,903.

How NEWPORT MUD compares within TX

TX's 1,633 covered systems average 6.7 health-based violations each; NEWPORT MUD carries 1, 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 NEWPORT MUD is from 2025-01-07 (health-based: 1992-01-12). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

NEWPORT MUD'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

This is what NEWPORT MUD 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. Between the utility's meter and NEWPORT MUD's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 8,084th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.