Is BELLINGHAM DPW WATER SEWER DIVISION's water safe to drink?
BELLINGHAM DPW WATER SEWER DIVISION has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 16,556, over 6,431 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, BELLINGHAM DPW WATER SEWER DIVISION ranks 855th by violation burden (93th percentile) - 38 violations total, 21 health-baseds.
How BELLINGHAM DPW WATER SEWER DIVISION compares within MA
Among the 283 MA systems in this dataset, the average is 7.0 health-based violations - BELLINGHAM DPW WATER SEWER DIVISION's 21 is above that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for BELLINGHAM DPW WATER SEWER DIVISION is from 2022-01-09 (health-based: 2021-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
BELLINGHAM DPW WATER SEWER DIVISION'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 BELLINGHAM DPW WATER SEWER DIVISION 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 BELLINGHAM DPW WATER SEWER DIVISION's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 855th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.