DrinkingWaterCheck

What's in POSTWOOD MUD's water?

POSTWOOD 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: 3,747, over 1,249 connections.

POSTWOOD MUD's record against the rest of the country

Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, POSTWOOD MUD ranks 9,032th by violation burden (30th percentile) - 3 violations total, 1 health-based.

How POSTWOOD MUD compares within TX

TX's 1,633 covered systems average 6.7 health-based violations each; POSTWOOD MUD carries 1, not more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.

Most recent violation on record

The last violation EPA has on record for POSTWOOD MUD is from 2015-06-12 (health-based: 1991-01-06). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

POSTWOOD 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:

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

POSTWOOD 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 POSTWOOD MUD's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 9,032th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.