Is Bishop Paiute-Shoshone Tribe's water safe to drink?
Bishop Paiute-Shoshone Tribe 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: 2,735, over 774 connections.
Bishop Paiute-Shoshone Tribe's record against the rest of the country
Bishop Paiute-Shoshone Tribe has 77 violations on record in total, 4 of thems health-based - ranking it 3,981th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 69th percentile nationally.
Against the CA average
Bishop Paiute-Shoshone Tribe's 4 health-based violations sit within the CA average of 5.8, across 803 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
Bishop Paiute-Shoshone Tribe's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2023-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
The concern categories on record
Bishop Paiute-Shoshone Tribe'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)
- Nitrate / nitrite - flagged from: Nitrate
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 Paiute-Shoshone Tribe's record does not cover
Everything on this page is Bishop Paiute-Shoshone Tribe's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 77 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.