What's in BYRDSTOWN WATER DEPARTMENT's water?
BYRDSTOWN WATER DEPARTMENT had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 8,658 people get their water from it, across 3,831 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
BYRDSTOWN WATER DEPARTMENT has 101 violations on record in total, 24 of thems health-based - ranking it 727th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 94th percentile nationally.
Against the TN average
BYRDSTOWN WATER DEPARTMENT's 24 health-based violations sit above the TN average of 4.8, across 318 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
BYRDSTOWN WATER DEPARTMENT's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-07-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2025-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 05/14/2026.
The concern categories on record
BYRDSTOWN 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: Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
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 BYRDSTOWN WATER DEPARTMENT's record does not cover
BYRDSTOWN WATER DEPARTMENT's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. This record - 24 health-based violations on file for BYRDSTOWN WATER DEPARTMENT - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.