Is Bethel Area Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: SWP
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Montgomery

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

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2018-07-01 → 2018-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2018-07-01 → 2018-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2018-07-01 → 2018-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2018-07-01 → 2018-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2018-01-01 → 2018-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2018-01-01 → 2018-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2018-01-01 → 2018-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2018-01-01 → 2018-03-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2017-12-13
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2017-12-13

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
Bromodichloromethane	8.4765 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 10.6 µg/L	32/32	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	73.66 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 82.1 µg/L	32/32	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	32.85 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 36.9 µg/L	32/32	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	83.465 µg/L 104% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 90.12 µg/L	32/32	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	78.57 µg/L 131% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 60 µg/L worst single sample: 84.5 µg/L	32/32	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	41.93 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 46.9 µg/L	32/32	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	3.661 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.73 µg/L	28/32	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	0.7860 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 0.8900 µg/L	23/32	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	144 µg/L 11% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L	20/20	SYR4	2012–2018
Lead	0.0012 mg/L 8% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	18/18	LCR	2024
Lead	11.1 µg/L 74% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L	17/20	SYR4	2012–2018
Monobromoacetic Acid	8.191 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 8.68 µg/L	4/32	SYR4	2012–2019

2 contaminants tested, none detected

BromoformDibromoacetic Acid

Utility contact

Contact: POFF, BRIAN
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Bethel Area

Is Bethel Area tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 12 contaminants in Bethel Area'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 Bethel Area's water?

EPA monitoring detected Bromodichloromethane, Chloroform, Dichloroacetic Acid, TTHM, Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Bethel Area serve?

Bethel Area reports serving 1,247 people in Virginia, per its EPA record.

Has Bethel Area had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 12 violations on file for Bethel Area, of which 8 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.