PORTER SPECIAL UTILITY DISTRICT: EPA violation history, explained
PORTER SPECIAL UTILITY DISTRICT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 26,388, over 11,676 connections.
PORTER SPECIAL UTILITY DISTRICT's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, PORTER SPECIAL UTILITY DISTRICT ranks 5,313th by violation burden (59th percentile) - 9 violations total, 3 health-baseds.
How PORTER SPECIAL UTILITY DISTRICT compares within TX
PORTER SPECIAL UTILITY DISTRICT's 3 health-based violations sit within the TX average of 6.7, across 1,633 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for PORTER SPECIAL UTILITY DISTRICT is from 2015-06-12 (health-based: 2004-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
PORTER SPECIAL UTILITY DISTRICT'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)
- Radionuclides - flagged from: Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
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 PORTER SPECIAL UTILITY DISTRICT 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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 9 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.