First U.D. of Hawkins County, TN Water Quality
What's in First U.D. of Hawkins County's water?
First U.D. of Hawkins County has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 19,972, over 8,616 connections.
How this compares nationally
First U.D. of Hawkins County has 22 violations on record in total, 4 of them health-based - ranking it 4,179th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 68th percentile nationally.
How First U.D. of Hawkins County compares within TN
First U.D. of Hawkins County's 4 health-based violations sit within the TN average of 5.1, across 321 systems statewide. 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 First U.D. of Hawkins County is from 2022-01-01 (health-based: 2014-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 05/14/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
First U.D. of Hawkins County'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: Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Mercury
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Tthm
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 First U.D. of Hawkins County's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and First U.D. of Hawkins County's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,179th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.