Community Water System · PWS IN5247001
Bedford City Utilities
Operator location Bedford, Indiana - 23% of 149 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 14,000 served per SDWIS.
- 14,000
- People served (this PWS)
- 149
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 35
- Health-based (this PWS)
- No PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Bedford City Utilities standing, high SDWIS violation third
23% of 149 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 23% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #3,658 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Bedford City Utilities sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (149), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (14,000; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 23% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.
- #3,658 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #65 of 788
- Population · IN
- 149
- Total EPA violations on record
- 23%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 5,855
- County
- Lawrence
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 24
- Monitoring Violations
- 110
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 11
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MCL | 12 | 2004 |
| Atrazine | MCL | 8 | 2003 |
| 2,4,5-TP | MR | 8 | 1995 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 7 | 2000 |
| Nitrate | MR | 5 | 2022 |
| Simazine | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 4 | 2003 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 4 | 2004 |
| Atrazine | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 4 | 2007 |
| Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) | MR | 3 | 1994 |
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | MR | 3 | 2022 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 3 | 2022 |
| Xylenes, Total | MR | 3 | 2022 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | MR | 3 | 2022 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | MR | 3 | 2022 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | MR | 3 | 2022 |
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | MR | 3 | 2022 |
| CHLOROBENZENE | MR | 3 | 2022 |
| Toluene | MR | 3 | 2022 |
| Styrene | MR | 3 | 2022 |
| 2,3,7,8-TCDD | MR | 3 | 1994 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | MR | 3 | 2022 |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | MR | 3 | 2022 |
| Trichloroethylene | MR | 3 | 2022 |
| Ethylbenzene | MR | 3 | 2022 |
| Vinyl chloride | MR | 3 | 2022 |
| Benzene | MR | 3 | 2022 |
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | MR | 3 | 2022 |
| Tetrachloroethylene | MR | 3 | 2022 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Bedford City Utilities has 149 recorded EPA violations, 81% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 19% carry more. 23% of this system's own violations are health-based (35 of 149), and it ranks #3,658 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
149 Higher than most more violations than 81% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)
Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 0 of 116 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADONA | 9/11/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 9/11/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 9/11/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 9/11/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 9/11/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 9/11/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 9/11/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 9/11/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 9/11/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 9/11/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 9/11/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 9/11/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 9/11/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 9/11/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 9/11/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 9/11/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 9/11/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 9/11/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 9/11/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 9/11/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 9/11/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 9/11/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 9/11/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 9/11/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 9/11/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 9/11/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 9/11/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 9/11/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 9/11/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 6/12/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 6/12/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 6/12/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 6/12/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 6/12/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 6/12/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 6/12/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 6/12/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 6/12/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 6/12/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 6/12/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 6/12/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 6/12/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 6/12/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 6/12/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 6/12/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 6/12/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 6/12/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 6/12/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 6/12/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 6/12/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Health-based violations on Bedford City Utilities
35 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for IN5247001.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Drinking Water Branch
Nationwide peers
149 violations · 14,000 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems with comparable violation load
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems with similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Bedford City Utilities
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
- See how every tracked system in Indiana compares on the same EPA violation measures. Indiana systems
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