Is Bethlehem Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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	2017-01-01 → 2017-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2017-01-01 → 2017-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2017-01-01 → 2017-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2017-01-01 → 2017-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2017-01-01 → 2017-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2016-10-01 → 2016-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2016-10-01 → 2016-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2016-10-01 → 2016-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2016-10-01 → 2016-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2016-10-01 → 2016-12-31

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
Bromodichloromethane	40.58 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 42.9 µg/L	50/50	SYR4	2013–2019
Chloroform	49.42 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 51.6 µg/L	50/50	SYR4	2013–2019
Dibromochloromethane	23.11 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 33.4 µg/L	50/50	SYR4	2013–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	26.61 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 31.5 µg/L	50/50	SYR4	2013–2019
TTHM	112.55 µg/L 141% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 121 µg/L	50/50	SYR4	2013–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	58.41 µg/L 97% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 77.3 µg/L	50/50	SYR4	2013–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	29.96 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 31.6 µg/L	50/50	SYR4	2013–2019
Bromoform	3.4715 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5.45 µg/L	44/50	SYR4	2013–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	6.12 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 10.6 µg/L	41/50	SYR4	2013–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	3.622 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5.87 µg/L	39/50	SYR4	2013–2019
Copper	487.8 µg/L 38% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 802 µg/L	30/30	SYR4	2014–2017
Lead	4.91 µg/L 33% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 5.1 µg/L	20/30	SYR4	2014–2017
Lead	0.0012 mg/L 8% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	13/13	LCR	2023
Monobromoacetic Acid	2.1 µg/L No EPA limit set	6/50	SYR4	2013–2019

Utility contact

Contact: SASEEN, MATTHEW
Phone: 304-233-9527

Frequently asked questions about Bethlehem

Is Bethlehem tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 14 contaminants in Bethlehem'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 Bethlehem's water?

EPA monitoring detected Bromodichloromethane, Chloroform, Dibromochloromethane, Dichloroacetic Acid, TTHM, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Bethlehem serve?

Bethlehem reports serving 2,968 people in West Virginia, per its EPA record.

Has Bethlehem had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 54 violations on file for Bethlehem, of which 25 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.