Is BRISTOL DEPT OF UTILITIES's water safe to drink?

BRISTOL DEPT OF UTILITIES's only violations on record are reporting or monitoring lapses, not a contaminant or treatment-technique failure EPA classifies as health-based. Population served: 37,648, over 16,158 connections.

BRISTOL DEPT OF UTILITIES's record against the rest of the country

Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, BRISTOL DEPT OF UTILITIES ranks 9,798th by violation burden (24th percentile) - 30 violations total, 0 health-baseds.

How BRISTOL DEPT OF UTILITIES compares within TN

Among the 318 TN systems in this dataset, the average is 4.8 health-based violations - BRISTOL DEPT OF UTILITIES's 0 is at or below that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.

Most recent violation on record

The last violation EPA has on record for BRISTOL DEPT OF UTILITIES is from 2022-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 05/14/2026.

What this data is and is not

Everything on this page is BRISTOL DEPT OF UTILITIES'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 30 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.