Bear Creek W/a -East, MS Water Quality
Is Bear Creek W/a -East's water safe to drink?
Bear Creek W/a -East has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 18,770 people get their water from it, across 6,952 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, Bear Creek W/a -East ranks 5,781th by violation burden (55th percentile) - 92 violations total, 2 health-based.
Against the MS average
Among the 361 MS systems in this dataset, the average is 3.1 health-based violations - Bear Creek W/a -East's 2 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
Bear Creek W/a -East's most recent violation on record is dated 2008-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2005-01-10. Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
The concern categories on record
Bear Creek W/a -East'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)
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 Bear Creek W/a -East's record does not cover
Everything on this page is Bear Creek W/a -East's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 2 health-based violations on file for Bear Creek W/a -East - 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.