What's in BLUFF CITY WATER DEPARTMENT's water?
BLUFF CITY WATER DEPARTMENT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 2,763 people get their water from it, across 1,186 connections.
BLUFF CITY WATER DEPARTMENT's record against the rest of the country
93 total violations and 4 health-based ones put BLUFF CITY WATER DEPARTMENT at the 69th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,955 of 12,903.
How BLUFF CITY WATER DEPARTMENT compares within TN
Among the 318 TN systems in this dataset, the average is 4.8 health-based violations - BLUFF CITY WATER DEPARTMENT's 4 is at or below that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for BLUFF CITY WATER DEPARTMENT is from 2025-01-07 (health-based: 2013-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 05/14/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
BLUFF CITY WATER DEPARTMENT's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
This is what BLUFF CITY WATER DEPARTMENT 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 BLUFF CITY WATER DEPARTMENT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 3,955th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.