Public water system record
City of Baytown
Serves Baytown, Harris County, TX · 86,004 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 4 monitoring/reporting issues for City of Baytown in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 4
Key facts
- City of Baytown buys its water from Baytown Area Water Authority.
- Most recent enforcement action: boil water order by Texas, September 2009.
- Record on file since 2009, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 15,267 unknown out of 24,966 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.
None since October 2016.
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Sep 29, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
Full record since 2009
EPA's records for City of Baytown go back to 2009. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and no monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1 | 0 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020s | 0 | 2 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform (acute), began May 2009, Archived.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
May 1, 2009 | Archived |
Enforcement actions
Texas regulators issued 1 boil water order to City of Baytown in 2009, filed as 2 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a boil water order in September 2009.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2009 | Texas | Boil water order | 2 violations (2 health-based): Total Coliform |
Where the water comes from
City of Baytown buys its water from Baytown Area Water Authority. EPA also lists 4 wells, all for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use. 4 other community water systems and 4 smaller public systems such as schools, businesses or campgrounds buy water from City of Baytown.
Buys water from
- Baytown Area Water Authority Baytown, TX
Community systems that buy water from it
- Chambers County MUD 1 Houston, TX
- Chambers County MUD 3 Houston, TX
- Harris County MUD 213-A Houston, TX
- Spring Meadows MUD Houston, TX
Annual water quality report
City of Baytown must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.
Systems serving 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.
Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search
Testing your own water
To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by Texas.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells