Is BRIGHTON WATER SYSTEM's water safe to drink?
BRIGHTON WATER SYSTEM has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 3,715 people through 1,322 service connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, BRIGHTON WATER SYSTEM ranks 7,810th by violation burden (39th percentile) - 21 violations total, 1 health-based.
Against the TN average
BRIGHTON WATER SYSTEM's 1 health-based violations sit within the TN average of 4.8, across 318 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
BRIGHTON WATER SYSTEM's most recent violation on record is dated 2021-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2013-01-10. Last reported to EPA: 05/14/2026.
The concern categories on record
BRIGHTON WATER SYSTEM'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 BRIGHTON WATER SYSTEM's record does not cover
BRIGHTON WATER SYSTEM'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 BRIGHTON WATER SYSTEM's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 7,810th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.