Is CONSOLIDATED U.D. OF RUTHERFORD CO's water safe to drink?
CONSOLIDATED U.D. OF RUTHERFORD CO has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 221,871 people get their water from it, across 80,098 connections.
CONSOLIDATED U.D. OF RUTHERFORD CO's record against the rest of the country
11 total violations and 3 health-based ones put CONSOLIDATED U.D. OF RUTHERFORD CO at the 60th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,223 of 12,903.
Against the TN average
CONSOLIDATED U.D. OF RUTHERFORD CO's 3 health-based violations sit within 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
CONSOLIDATED U.D. OF RUTHERFORD CO's most recent violation on record is dated 2016-01-08, with the most recent health-based one dated 2016-01-08. Last reported to EPA: 05/14/2026.
The concern categories on record
CONSOLIDATED U.D. OF RUTHERFORD CO'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: 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 CONSOLIDATED U.D. OF RUTHERFORD CO's record does not cover
This is what CONSOLIDATED U.D. OF RUTHERFORD CO 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 CONSOLIDATED U.D. OF RUTHERFORD CO's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 5,223th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.