Is COVINGTON WATER DEPT's water safe to drink?
COVINGTON WATER DEPT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 14,334 people get their water from it, across 5,101 connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, COVINGTON WATER DEPT ranks 6,769th by violation burden (48th percentile) - 6 violations total, 2 health-baseds.
Against the TN average
COVINGTON WATER DEPT's 2 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
COVINGTON WATER DEPT's most recent violation on record is dated 2015-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2009-01-06. Last reported to EPA: 05/14/2026.
The concern categories on record
COVINGTON 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: Coliform (TCR)
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 COVINGTON WATER DEPT's record does not cover
COVINGTON 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. Between the utility's meter and COVINGTON WATER DEPT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 6,769th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.