Is BAY COUNTY WATER SYSTEM's water safe to drink?
BAY COUNTY WATER SYSTEM has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 40,848 people get their water from it, across 13,616 connections.
BAY COUNTY WATER SYSTEM's record against the rest of the country
13 total violations and 3 health-based ones put BAY COUNTY WATER SYSTEM at the 60th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,167 of 12,903.
Against the FL average
Among the 482 FL systems in this dataset, the average is 4.5 health-based violations - BAY COUNTY WATER SYSTEM's 3 is at or below that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
BAY COUNTY WATER SYSTEM's most recent violation on record is dated 2018-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2008-01-12. Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
The concern categories on record
BAY COUNTY WATER SYSTEM'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); Interim Enhanced 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 BAY COUNTY WATER SYSTEM's record does not cover
Everything on this page is BAY COUNTY WATER SYSTEM's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and BAY COUNTY WATER SYSTEM's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 5,167th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.