DrinkingWaterCheck

What's in BETHEL WATER DEPT's water?

BETHEL WATER DEPT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 9,507 people through 3,300 service connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

BETHEL WATER DEPT has 117 violations on record in total, 10 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,881th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 85th percentile nationally.

Against the CT average

BETHEL WATER DEPT's 10 health-based violations sit above the CT average of 2.6, across 73 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.

Most recent violation on record

BETHEL WATER DEPT's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2016-01-04. Last reported to EPA: 06/29/2026.

The concern categories on record

BETHEL WATER DEPT'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:

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 BETHEL WATER DEPT's record does not cover

BETHEL WATER DEPT'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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 117 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.