Is BELLEAIR WATER PLANT's water safe to drink?
BELLEAIR WATER PLANT had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 5,299 people get their water from it, across 1,587 connections.
How this compares nationally
41 total violations and 15 health-based ones put BELLEAIR WATER PLANT at the 90th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,236 of 12,903.
How BELLEAIR WATER PLANT compares within FL
FL's 482 covered systems average 4.5 health-based violations each; BELLEAIR WATER PLANT carries 15, more than typical for the state. 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 BELLEAIR WATER PLANT is from 2025-01-09 (health-based: 2022-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
BELLEAIR WATER PLANT'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)
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
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 BELLEAIR WATER PLANT 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. Between the utility's meter and BELLEAIR WATER PLANT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,236th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.