Is BAKMAN WATER COMPANY's water safe to drink?
BAKMAN WATER COMPANY has at least one health-based violation EPA's ECHO database still lists as unaddressed - the required fix has not been reported complete. Population served: 17,393, over 2,675 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
6 total violations and 4 health-based ones put BAKMAN WATER COMPANY at the 65th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 4,539 of 12,903.
How BAKMAN WATER COMPANY compares within CA
Among the 803 CA systems in this dataset, the average is 5.8 health-based violations - BAKMAN WATER COMPANY's 4 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for BAKMAN WATER COMPANY is from 2025-05-10 (health-based: 2025-05-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
BAKMAN WATER COMPANY'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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
This is what BAKMAN WATER COMPANY reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. This record - 4 health-based violations on file for BAKMAN WATER COMPANY - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.