What's in DEKALB UTILITY DISTRICT #1's water?
DEKALB UTILITY DISTRICT #1 has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 17,960 people get their water from it, across 7,071 connections.
DEKALB UTILITY DISTRICT #1's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, DEKALB UTILITY DISTRICT #1 ranks 7,930th by violation burden (39th percentile) - 16 violations total, 1 health-based.
Against the TN average
DEKALB UTILITY DISTRICT #1's 1 health-based violations sit within the TN average of 4.8, across 318 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
DEKALB UTILITY DISTRICT #1's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2003-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 05/14/2026.
The concern categories on record
DEKALB UTILITY DISTRICT #1'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 DEKALB UTILITY DISTRICT #1's record does not cover
DEKALB UTILITY DISTRICT #1'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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 16 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.