Is Bedford City Utilities Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Surface water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Lawrence

Compliance record

Formal violations the EPA has on file for this supplier. A health-based violation means a contaminant limit or a required treatment was breached; the rest are monitoring or reporting failures — still violations, but not a measured health risk.

health-based violations

145

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2004-01-01 → 2004-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2004-01-01 → 2004-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2004-01-01 → 2004-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2004-01-01 → 2004-03-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2004-01-01 → 2004-01-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2004-01-01 → 2004-01-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2004-01-01 → 2004-01-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2004-01-01 → 2004-01-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2003-10-01 → 2003-10-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2003-10-01 → 2003-10-31

Other contaminants detected

Each bar shows the measured level as a share of the EPA limit: green is well under, amber is close to it, red is over. For lead and copper the limit applies to exactly the 90th-percentile figure shown, so red there means a real exceedance. For everything else the limit applies to a running annual average while the figure is the 95th percentile of this system's samples — over 100% is worth reading, but is not by itself a violation. Where a single sample came in higher than that percentile, it is noted under the bar. Formal violations are listed separately.

Contaminant	Level vs EPA limit	Detection rate	Source	Period
TTHM	87.92 µg/L 110% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 93.4 µg/L	128/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	74.65 µg/L 124% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 60 µg/L worst single sample: 90.7 µg/L	128/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	214.5 µg/L 17% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 540 µg/L	30/30	SYR4	2017
Nitrate	2900 µg/L 29% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	16/18	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0015 mg/L 10% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	15/15	LCR	2023
Bromodichloromethane	11.6 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 12 µg/L	9/9	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	53.4 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 61 µg/L	9/9	SYR4	2012–2019
Atrazine	2.815 µg/L 94% of the EPA limit 3 µg/L worst single sample: 3.2 µg/L	8/34	SYR4	2012–2019
Barium	53.65 µg/L 2.7% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 54 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Fluoride	900 µg/L 23% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	2.865 µg/L 19% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 2.9 µg/L	8/30	SYR4	2017
Simazine	0.4760 µg/L 12% of the EPA limit 4 µg/L worst single sample: 0.4900 µg/L	8/34	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	4.01 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.1 µg/L	7/9	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	2900 µg/L 29% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	7/7	SYR4	2013–2019
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U	2.291 pCi/L 15% of the EPA limit 15 pCi/L worst single sample: 2.4 pCi/L	3/3	SYR4	2015–2018
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene	0.1000 µg/L 0.2% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L	3/34	SYR4	2012–2019
2,4-D	0.2950 µg/L 0.4% of the EPA limit 70 µg/L worst single sample: 0.3000 µg/L	2/7	SYR4	2012–2018
Arsenic	1.2 µg/L 12% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L	1/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Chromium	1.3 µg/L 1.3% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L	1/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	1.2 pCi/L 24% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L	1/1	SYR4	2015

86 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane11Cl-PF3OUdS2,3,7,8-TCDD2,4,5-TP4:2 Fts6:2 Fts8:2 Fts9Cl-PF3ONSAdonaAntimony, TotalBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalBromoformChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDinosebDiquatEthylene DibromideEndothallEndrinEthylbenzeneGlyphosateHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideLassoMercuryMethoxychlorNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitriteOxamylPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSeleniumStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)ToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: ADAMS, MISTY
Phone: 812-278-4371
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Bedford City Utilities

Is Bedford City Utilities tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 20 contaminants in Bedford City Utilities's water. A detection isn't the same as a violation — most levels are within federal limits. See each level and source above, and the utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report for its official compliance status.

What contaminants were detected in Bedford City Utilities's water?

EPA monitoring detected TTHM, Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Copper, Nitrate, Lead, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Bedford City Utilities serve?

Bedford City Utilities reports serving 14,000 people in Indiana, per its EPA record.

Has Bedford City Utilities had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 145 violations on file for Bedford City Utilities, of which 35 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 0 remain open. The rest are monitoring or reporting failures.

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is official EPA drinking-water monitoring — the Lead & Copper Rule, the UCMR-5 nationwide testing program, and the EPA Six-Year Review — not our own testing. Each number is labelled with its source and period.