Is NORTHAMPTON MUD's water safe to drink?

NORTHAMPTON MUD has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 12,162, over 4,054 connections.

How this compares nationally

2 total violations and 1 health-based ones put NORTHAMPTON MUD at the 29th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 9,110 of 12,903.

Against the TX average

NORTHAMPTON MUD's 1 health-based violations sit within the TX average of 6.7, across 1,633 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.

Most recent violation on record

NORTHAMPTON MUD's most recent violation on record is dated 2002-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2002-01-10. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.

The concern categories on record

NORTHAMPTON 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 NORTHAMPTON MUD's record does not cover

NORTHAMPTON MUD'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. Between the utility's meter and NORTHAMPTON MUD's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 9,110th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.