BETHLEHEM WD NO 1: EPA violation history, explained
BETHLEHEM WD NO 1 had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 31,000, over 12,000 connections.
BETHLEHEM WD NO 1's record against the rest of the country
18 total violations and 12 health-based ones put BETHLEHEM WD NO 1 at the 87th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,637 of 12,903.
Against the NY average
BETHLEHEM WD NO 1's 12 health-based violations sit above the NY average of 4.1, across 443 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
BETHLEHEM WD NO 1's most recent violation on record is dated 2022-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2022-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 06/25/2026.
The concern categories on record
BETHLEHEM WD NO 1'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:
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
The most severe category on record is disinfection byproducts, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What BETHLEHEM WD NO 1's record does not cover
Everything on this page is BETHLEHEM WD NO 1'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 BETHLEHEM WD NO 1's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,637th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.