Is FRANKLIN WATER DEPT's water safe to drink?
FRANKLIN WATER DEPT had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 77,222 people get their water from it, across 27,001 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
FRANKLIN WATER DEPT has 94 violations on record in total, 12 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,548th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 88th percentile nationally.
Against the TN average
Among the 318 TN systems in this dataset, the average is 4.8 health-based violations - FRANKLIN WATER DEPT's 12 is above that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
FRANKLIN WATER DEPT's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2023-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 05/14/2026.
The concern categories on record
FRANKLIN 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
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; 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 FRANKLIN WATER DEPT's record does not cover
Everything on this page is FRANKLIN WATER DEPT's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 94 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.