Is TOWN OF LITTLE ELM's water safe to drink?
TOWN OF LITTLE ELM has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 41,000 people get their water from it, across 12,497 connections.
How this compares nationally
4 total violations and 1 health-based ones put TOWN OF LITTLE ELM at the 32th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 8,809 of 12,903.
How TOWN OF LITTLE ELM compares within TX
Among the 1,633 TX systems in this dataset, the average is 6.7 health-based violations - TOWN OF LITTLE ELM's 1 is at or below that. 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 TOWN OF LITTLE ELM is from 2027-06-12 (health-based: 2005-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
TOWN OF LITTLE ELM'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 this data is and is not
Everything on this page is TOWN OF LITTLE ELM's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 4 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.