Is BRISTOL COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY's water safe to drink?
BRISTOL COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 49,000, over 15,744 connections.
BRISTOL COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY's record against the rest of the country
38 total violations and 7 health-based ones put BRISTOL COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY at the 80th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 2,642 of 12,903.
Against the RI average
BRISTOL COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY's 7 health-based violations sit above the RI average of 5.6, across 32 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
BRISTOL COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2010-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 05/26/2026.
The concern categories on record
BRISTOL COUNTY 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); Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: Chlorine dioxide
- 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 BRISTOL COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY's record does not cover
BRISTOL COUNTY 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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 38 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.