Is TRAVIS COUNTY WCID 18's water safe to drink?
TRAVIS COUNTY WCID 18 has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 5,733 people through 1,911 service connections.
How this compares nationally
40 total violations and 19 health-based ones put TRAVIS COUNTY WCID 18 at the 93th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 945 of 12,903.
How TRAVIS COUNTY WCID 18 compares within TX
TX's 1,633 covered systems average 6.7 health-based violations each; TRAVIS COUNTY WCID 18 carries 19, more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for TRAVIS COUNTY WCID 18 is from 2019-06-12 (health-based: 2017-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
TRAVIS COUNTY WCID 18'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); Surface Water Treatment Rule
- 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 this data is and is not
TRAVIS COUNTY WCID 18'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 TRAVIS COUNTY WCID 18's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 945th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.