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Bristol County Water Authority

Serves an area of Bristol County, RI · 49,000 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 5 monitoring/reporting issues for Bristol County Water Authority in the last ten years.

  • RI1647515
  • WARREN
  • RI
  • 49,000 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 02885
EPA system ID RI1647515

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
5

Key facts

  • Bristol County Water Authority buys its water from Providence-City of.
  • Most recent enforcement action: boil water order by Rhode Island, September 2009.
  • Record on file since 1990, with 7 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 5 lead and 359 unknown out of 15,732 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation 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 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2024 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2024 Resolved
E. coli
Monitoring and reporting
 Sep 1, 2017 Resolved
Cryptosporidium
Monitoring and reporting
 Sep 1, 2017 Resolved
Turbidity
Monitoring and reporting
 Sep 1, 2017 Resolved

Full record since 1990

EPA's records for Bristol County Water Authority go back to 1990. Before October 19, 2016 they list 7 health-based violations (7 resolved) and 25 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 4 19
2000s 1 4
2010 to October 18, 2016 2 2
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 3
2020s 0 2

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Chlorine dioxide (acute), began July 2010, Resolved.

Show all 7 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Chlorine dioxide (acute)
Disinfectant residual limit exceeded
Measured 0.9 mg/L, federal limit 0.8 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2010 Resolved
Chlorine dioxide (acute)
Disinfectant residual limit exceeded
Measured 1.1 mg/L, federal limit 0.8 mg/L (1.4 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2010 Resolved
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Sep 1, 2009 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 1999 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jun 1, 1995 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jun 1, 1994 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jun 1, 1991 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Rhode Island regulators issued 1 boil water order to Bristol County Water Authority in 2009. The most recent was a boil water order in September 2009.

Date By Action Violations covered
Sep 8, 2009 Rhode Island Boil water order 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform

Where the water comes from

Bristol County Water Authority buys its water from Providence-City of. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. It also has an emergency connection to East Providence-City of. 1 other community water system buys water from Bristol County Water Authority. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Bristol County Water Authority.

Buys water from

Emergency or part-time connections to

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Bristol County Water Authority 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.

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Testing your own water

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