BEDFORD COUNTY U.D.: EPA violation history, explained
BEDFORD COUNTY U.D. had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. It serves 22,908 people through 8,270 service connections.
BEDFORD COUNTY U.D.'s record against the rest of the country
BEDFORD COUNTY U.D. has 46 violations on record in total, 27 of thems health-based - ranking it 650th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 95th percentile nationally.
How BEDFORD COUNTY U.D. compares within TN
TN's 318 covered systems average 4.8 health-based violations each; BEDFORD COUNTY U.D. carries 27, more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for BEDFORD COUNTY U.D. is from 2023-01-08 (health-based: 2023-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 05/14/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
BEDFORD COUNTY U.D.'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); Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: Chlorine dioxide
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
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 this data is and is not
This is what BEDFORD COUNTY U.D. 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 - 27 health-based violations on file for BEDFORD COUNTY U.D. - 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.