Is ORANGE COUNTY WCID 1's water safe to drink?
ORANGE COUNTY WCID 1 had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 15,258, over 6,619 connections.
How this compares nationally
ORANGE COUNTY WCID 1 has 88 violations on record in total, 63 of thems health-based - ranking it 180th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 99th percentile nationally.
Against the TX average
Among the 1,633 TX systems in this dataset, the average is 6.7 health-based violations - ORANGE COUNTY WCID 1's 63 is above that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
ORANGE COUNTY WCID 1's most recent violation on record is dated 2026-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2026-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
The concern categories on record
ORANGE COUNTY WCID 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
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 ORANGE COUNTY WCID 1's record does not cover
Everything on this page is ORANGE COUNTY WCID 1's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 63 health-based violations on file for ORANGE COUNTY WCID 1 - 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.