Is BESSEMER WATER SERVICE's water safe to drink?
BESSEMER WATER SERVICE has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 86,091 people get their water from it, across 28,699 connections.
BESSEMER WATER SERVICE's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, BESSEMER WATER SERVICE ranks 8,347th by violation burden (35th percentile) - 8 violations total, 1 health-based.
Against the AL average
BESSEMER WATER SERVICE's 1 health-based violations sit within the AL average of 2.1, across 364 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
BESSEMER WATER SERVICE's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-05-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 1991-01-05. Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
The concern categories on record
BESSEMER WATER SERVICE'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 BESSEMER WATER SERVICE's record does not cover
BESSEMER WATER SERVICE'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 - 1 health-based violation on file for BESSEMER WATER SERVICE - 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.