Is BELLS PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT's water safe to drink?
BELLS PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 2,610, over 1,048 connections.
BELLS PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, BELLS PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ranks 6,422th by violation burden (50th percentile) - 13 violations total, 2 health-baseds.
How BELLS PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT compares within TN
TN's 318 covered systems average 4.8 health-based violations each; BELLS PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT carries 2, not 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 BELLS PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT is from 2025-01-07 (health-based: 1999-01-05). Last reported to EPA: 05/14/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
BELLS PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT'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)
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Cadmium
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
Everything on this page is BELLS PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and BELLS PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 6,422th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.