Is BALD KNOB WATERWORKS's water safe to drink?
BALD KNOB WATERWORKS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 2,911, over 1,330 connections.
BALD KNOB WATERWORKS's record against the rest of the country
27 total violations and 11 health-based ones put BALD KNOB WATERWORKS at the 86th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,774 of 12,903.
Against the AR average
BALD KNOB WATERWORKS's 11 health-based violations sit above the AR average of 7.1, across 243 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
BALD KNOB WATERWORKS's most recent violation on record is dated 2016-01-06, with the most recent health-based one dated 2005-07-12. Last reported to EPA: 05/12/2026.
The concern categories on record
BALD KNOB WATERWORKS'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); Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
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 BALD KNOB WATERWORKS's record does not cover
BALD KNOB WATERWORKS'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 BALD KNOB WATERWORKS's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,774th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.