Community Water System · PWS TX1011612
Harris County MUD 162
Operator location Houston, Texas - 63% of 8 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 2,661 served per SDWIS.
- 2,661
- People served (this PWS)
- 8
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 5
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Harris County MUD 162 standing, low SDWIS violation third
63% of 8 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 63% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #11,449 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Harris County MUD 162 is in the lower third by violation count (8; lower-third violation load (≤ 21 violations)). A low count does not mean the system is unmonitored - monitoring and reporting violations still appear in SDWIS. Population served is mid-pack at 2,661 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 63% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #11,449 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #1,399 of 3,040
- Population · TX
- 8
- Total EPA violations on record
- 63%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 889
- County
- Harris
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 5
- Monitoring Violations
- 2
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MCL | 5 | 2004 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 2 | 2014 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Harris County MUD 162 has 8 recorded EPA violations, 15% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 83% carry more. 63% of this system's own violations are health-based (5 of 8), and it ranks #11,449 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
8 Among the lowest violation counts fewer violations than 83% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Health-based violations on Harris County MUD 162
5 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for TX1011612.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) - Drinking Water Watch
Nationwide peers
8 violations · 2,661 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems with similarly light violation ledgers
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
- Mohegan Tribal Utility Authority EPA Region 1 — Tribal Water Systems 8violations
- Hannahville Community EPA Region 5 — Tribal Water Systems 8violations
- Quapaw Downstream Casino & Resort EPA Region 6 — Tribal Water Systems 8violations
- San Ildefonso Totavi EPA Region 6 — Tribal Water Systems 8violations
Cross-state systems near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Harris County MUD 162
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
- See how every tracked system in Texas compares on the same EPA violation measures. Texas systems
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