Is PLAINVIEW MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM's water safe to drink?
PLAINVIEW MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 21,104 people get their water from it, across 7,328 connections.
PLAINVIEW MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM's record against the rest of the country
9 total violations and 4 health-based ones put PLAINVIEW MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM at the 66th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 4,425 of 12,903.
How PLAINVIEW MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM compares within TX
PLAINVIEW MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM's 4 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
The last violation EPA has on record for PLAINVIEW MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM is from 2017-01-11 (health-based: 2010-01-06). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
PLAINVIEW MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM'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)
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Fluoride
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 PLAINVIEW MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM 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 PLAINVIEW MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,425th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.