CARTHAGE WATER SYSTEM: EPA violation history, explained
CARTHAGE WATER SYSTEM has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 3,624, over 1,410 connections.
How this compares nationally
15 total violations and 5 health-based ones put CARTHAGE WATER SYSTEM at the 72th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,654 of 12,903.
Against the TN average
Among the 318 TN systems in this dataset, the average is 4.8 health-based violations - CARTHAGE WATER SYSTEM's 5 is above that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
CARTHAGE WATER SYSTEM's most recent violation on record is dated 2019-01-04, with the most recent health-based one dated 2019-01-04. Last reported to EPA: 05/14/2026.
The concern categories on record
CARTHAGE WATER SYSTEM'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
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
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 CARTHAGE WATER SYSTEM's record does not cover
CARTHAGE WATER SYSTEM'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. Between the utility's meter and CARTHAGE WATER SYSTEM's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 3,654th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.