Is BETHESDA WSC's water safe to drink?
BETHESDA WSC has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 33,441 people get their water from it, across 11,147 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
24 total violations and 5 health-based ones put BETHESDA WSC at the 73th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,548 of 12,903.
How BETHESDA WSC compares within TX
TX's 1,633 covered systems average 6.7 health-based violations each; BETHESDA WSC carries 5, not more than typical for the state. 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 BETHESDA WSC is from 2021-01-01 (health-based: 1993-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
BETHESDA WSC'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: Fluoride
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 BETHESDA WSC'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 BETHESDA WSC's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 3,548th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.