What's in ELIZABETHTON WATER DEPT's water?
ELIZABETHTON WATER DEPT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 32,490 people get their water from it, across 14,250 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, ELIZABETHTON WATER DEPT ranks 1,575th by violation burden (88th percentile) - 44 violations total, 12 health-baseds.
Against the TN average
TN's 318 covered systems average 4.8 health-based violations each; ELIZABETHTON WATER DEPT carries 12, more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
ELIZABETHTON WATER DEPT's most recent violation on record is dated 2010-01-09, with the most recent health-based one dated 2007-01-02. Last reported to EPA: 05/14/2026.
The concern categories on record
ELIZABETHTON 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); Surface Water Treatment Rule
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 ELIZABETHTON WATER DEPT's record does not cover
This is what ELIZABETHTON WATER DEPT 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 ELIZABETHTON WATER DEPT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,575th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.