DEWHITE UTILITY DISTRICT: EPA violation history, explained
DEWHITE UTILITY DISTRICT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 8,467 people through 3,244 service connections.
How this compares nationally
DEWHITE UTILITY DISTRICT has 11 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 8,157th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 37th percentile nationally.
How DEWHITE UTILITY DISTRICT compares within TN
DEWHITE UTILITY DISTRICT's 1 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
The last violation EPA has on record for DEWHITE UTILITY DISTRICT is from 2008-01-02 (health-based: 2001-01-11). Last reported to EPA: 05/14/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
DEWHITE UTILITY DISTRICT'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 this data is and is not
DEWHITE UTILITY DISTRICT'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 - 1 health-based violation on file for DEWHITE UTILITY DISTRICT - 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.