Is BRADFORD CITY WATER AUTHORITY's water safe to drink?
BRADFORD CITY WATER AUTHORITY has at least one health-based violation EPA's ECHO database still lists as unaddressed - the required fix has not been reported complete. Population served: 18,500, over 5,788 connections.
How this compares nationally
182 total violations and 6 health-based ones put BRADFORD CITY WATER AUTHORITY at the 77th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 2,906 of 12,903.
Against the PA average
BRADFORD CITY WATER AUTHORITY's 6 health-based violations sit above the PA average of 5.5, across 475 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
BRADFORD CITY WATER AUTHORITY's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-11-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2025-01-04. Last reported to EPA: 06/15/2026.
The concern categories on record
BRADFORD CITY WATER AUTHORITY'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); Groundwater Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
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 BRADFORD CITY WATER AUTHORITY's record does not cover
BRADFORD CITY WATER AUTHORITY'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. Between the utility's meter and BRADFORD CITY WATER AUTHORITY's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,906th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.