Public water system record
Bristol Water Department
Serves Bristol, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT · 52,079 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 15 monitoring/reporting issues for Bristol Water Department in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 15
Key facts
- Bristol Water Department draws water from 5 wells, 1 surface water intake and 6 reservoirs (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
- Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by Connecticut, December 2005.
- Record on file since 1991, with 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 17,286 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.
None since October 2016.
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Aug 10, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Sep 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Selenium
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Thallium, Total
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Beryllium, Total
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Antimony, Total
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Nickel
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Mercury
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Fluoride
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
CYANIDE
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Chromium (total)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Cadmium
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Barium
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Arsenic
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2019 | Resolved |
Full record since 1991
EPA's records for Bristol Water Department go back to 1991. Before October 19, 2016 they list 2 health-based violations (2 resolved) and 101 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 | 55 |
| 2000s | 2 | 44 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 2 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 13 |
| 2020s | 0 | 2 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began September 2005, Resolved.
Show all 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Sep 1, 2005 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Sep 1, 2005 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Connecticut regulators took 3 formal enforcement actions against Bristol Water Department between 1999 and 2005. The most recent was a signed compliance agreement in December 2005.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 2005 | Connecticut | Signed compliance agreement | 2 violations (2 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Jan 4, 2002 | Connecticut | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Total Coliform |
| Mar 6, 1999 | Connecticut | Signed compliance agreement | 2 violations: Atrazine, LASSO |
Where the water comes from
Bristol Water Department draws water from 5 wells, 1 surface water intake and 6 reservoirs (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use). It also buys water from New Britain Water Department. It also has an emergency connection to CTWC - Naugatuck Reg-Terryville System. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Bristol Water Department.
Buys water from
- New Britain Water Department New Britain, CT
Emergency or part-time connections to
- CTWC - Naugatuck Reg-Terryville System Clinton, CT
Annual water quality report
Bristol Water Department must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.
Systems serving 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.
Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search
Testing your own water
To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by Connecticut.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells