Is BELLEFONTAINE CITY PWS's water safe to drink?
BELLEFONTAINE CITY PWS had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 13,249, over 6,252 connections.
BELLEFONTAINE CITY PWS's record against the rest of the country
92 total violations and 6 health-based ones put BELLEFONTAINE CITY PWS at the 77th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 2,945 of 12,903.
How BELLEFONTAINE CITY PWS compares within OH
OH's 394 covered systems average 5.5 health-based violations each; BELLEFONTAINE CITY PWS carries 6, 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 BELLEFONTAINE CITY PWS is from 2027-11-01 (health-based: 2027-11-01). Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
BELLEFONTAINE CITY PWS'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); Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts 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 this data is and is not
BELLEFONTAINE CITY PWS's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. This record - 6 health-based violations on file for BELLEFONTAINE CITY PWS - 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.