Is BISHOP, CITY OF's water safe to drink?
BISHOP, CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 3,819 people get their water from it, across 1,171 connections.
BISHOP, CITY OF's record against the rest of the country
6 total violations and 2 health-based ones put BISHOP, CITY OF at the 47th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 6,807 of 12,903.
Against the CA average
BISHOP, CITY OF's 2 health-based violations sit within the CA average of 5.8, across 803 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
BISHOP, CITY OF's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2009-01-03. Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
The concern categories on record
BISHOP, CITY OF'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 BISHOP, CITY OF's record does not cover
This is what BISHOP, CITY OF reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Between the utility's meter and BISHOP, CITY OF's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 6,807th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.