FENTRESS COUNTY U.D.: EPA violation history, explained
FENTRESS COUNTY U.D. had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 16,845 people get their water from it, across 6,820 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
18 total violations and 10 health-based ones put FENTRESS COUNTY U.D. at the 85th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,981 of 12,903.
How FENTRESS COUNTY U.D. compares within TN
Among the 318 TN systems in this dataset, the average is 4.8 health-based violations - FENTRESS COUNTY U.D.'s 10 is above that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for FENTRESS COUNTY U.D. is from 2024-01-07 (health-based: 2024-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 05/14/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
FENTRESS COUNTY U.D.'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)
- 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 this data is and is not
Everything on this page is FENTRESS COUNTY U.D.'s own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 10 health-based violations on file for FENTRESS COUNTY U.D. - 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.