BRISTOL WATER DEPT: EPA violation history, explained
BRISTOL WATER DEPT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 2,103 people get their water from it, across 695 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
BRISTOL WATER DEPT has 38 violations on record in total, 3 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,855th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 62th percentile nationally.
Against the VT average
VT's 51 covered systems average 5.2 health-based violations each; BRISTOL WATER DEPT carries 3, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
BRISTOL WATER DEPT's most recent violation on record is dated 2016-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2014-01-08. Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
The concern categories on record
BRISTOL WATER DEPT'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
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 WATER DEPT's record does not cover
Everything on this page is BRISTOL WATER DEPT'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 38 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.