What's in BEDFORD WATER DEPT.'s water?
BEDFORD WATER DEPT. has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 14,955 people get their water from it, across 4,826 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
70 total violations and 15 health-based ones put BEDFORD WATER DEPT. at the 91th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,221 of 12,903.
How BEDFORD WATER DEPT. compares within MA
BEDFORD WATER DEPT.'s 15 health-based violations sit above the MA average of 7.0, across 283 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for BEDFORD WATER DEPT. is from 2017-01-07 (health-based: 2015-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
BEDFORD WATER DEPT.'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 this data is and is not
This is what BEDFORD WATER DEPT. 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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 70 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.