Athens Utilities Board, TN Water Quality
Is Athens Utilities Board's water safe to drink?
Athens Utilities Board's only violations on record are reporting or monitoring lapses, not a contaminant or treatment-technique failure EPA classifies as health-based. It serves 26,424 people through 10,698 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Athens Utilities Board has 34 violations on record in total, 0 of them health-based - ranking it 9,738th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 25th percentile nationally.
Against the TN average
Among the 321 TN systems in this dataset, the average is 5.1 health-based violations - Athens Utilities Board's 0 is at or below that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
Athens Utilities Board's most recent violation on record is dated 2019-01-02. Last reported to EPA: 05/14/2026.
What Athens Utilities Board's record does not cover
This is what Athens Utilities Board reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Between the utility's meter and Athens Utilities Board's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 9,738th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.