Is BETHANY PWS's water safe to drink?
BETHANY PWS had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 3,292 people get their water from it, across 1,591 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, BETHANY PWS ranks 1,391th by violation burden (89th percentile) - 20 violations total, 14 health-baseds.
How BETHANY PWS compares within MO
Among the 327 MO systems in this dataset, the average is 6.1 health-based violations - BETHANY PWS's 14 is above that. 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 BETHANY PWS is from 2026-01-01 (health-based: 2026-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/16/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
BETHANY 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:
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
The most severe category on record is synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / vocs, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
BETHANY 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. Between the utility's meter and BETHANY PWS's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,391th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.