Community Water System · PWS RI1647515
Bristol County Water Authority
Operator location Warren, Rhode Island - 29% of 154 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 49,000 served per SDWIS.
- 49,000
- People served (this PWS)
- 154
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 45
- Health-based (this PWS)
- No PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Bristol County Water Authority standing, high SDWIS violation third
29% of 154 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 29% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #1,120 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Bristol County Water Authority sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (154), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (49,000; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 29% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.
- #1,120 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #5 of 73
- Population · RI
- 154
- Total EPA violations on record
- 29%
- 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
- 15,710
- County
- Bristol
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 26
- Monitoring Violations
- 76
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 9
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fluoride | MR | 18 | 1991 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 14 | 2009 |
| TTHM | MCL | 12 | 1999 |
| Chlorine dioxide | MRDL | 10 | 2010 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 10 | 2014 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 9 | 1995 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 6 | 2007 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 6 | 2004 |
| Chlorite | MR | 5 | 2006 |
| Cryptosporidium | MR | 5 | 2017 |
| E. COLI | MR | 5 | 2017 |
| Turbidity | MR | 5 | 2017 |
| TTHM | MR | 3 | 2024 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 3 | 2024 |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | MR | 2 | 1991 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 2 | 1991 |
| Benzene | MR | 2 | 1991 |
| Vinyl chloride | MR | 2 | 1991 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | MR | 2 | 1991 |
| Trichloroethylene | MR | 2 | 1991 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | MR | 2 | 1991 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | MR | 2 | 1991 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Bristol County Water Authority has 154 recorded EPA violations, 81% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 18% carry more. 29% of this system's own violations are health-based (45 of 154), and it ranks #1,120 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)
154 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFPeA | 8/9/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 8/9/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 8/9/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 8/9/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 8/9/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 8/9/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 8/9/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 8/9/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 8/9/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 8/9/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 8/9/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 8/9/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 8/9/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 8/9/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 8/9/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 8/9/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 8/9/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 8/9/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 8/9/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 8/9/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 8/9/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 8/9/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 8/9/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 8/9/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 8/9/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 8/9/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 8/9/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 8/9/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 8/9/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 5/10/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 5/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 5/10/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 5/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 5/10/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 5/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 5/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 5/10/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 5/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 5/10/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 5/10/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 5/10/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 5/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 5/10/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 5/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 5/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 5/10/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 5/10/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 5/10/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 5/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 5/10/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Health-based violations on Bristol County Water Authority
45 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for RI1647515.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
154 violations · 49,000 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 Bristol County Water Authority
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