What's in CLIFTON WATER DEPT's water?
CLIFTON WATER DEPT had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 4,110 people get their water from it, across 757 connections.
How this compares nationally
CLIFTON WATER DEPT has 79 violations on record in total, 14 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,315th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 90th percentile nationally.
Against the TN average
Among the 318 TN systems in this dataset, the average is 4.8 health-based violations - CLIFTON WATER DEPT's 14 is above that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
CLIFTON WATER DEPT's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2024-01-10. Last reported to EPA: 05/14/2026.
The concern categories on record
CLIFTON WATER DEPT'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: Interim Enhanced 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 CLIFTON WATER DEPT's record does not cover
CLIFTON WATER DEPT'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 - 14 health-based violations on file for CLIFTON WATER DEPT - 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.