LOBELVILLE WATER DEPT: EPA violation history, explained
LOBELVILLE WATER DEPT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 4,752 people get their water from it, across 1,773 connections.
LOBELVILLE WATER DEPT's record against the rest of the country
12 total violations and 2 health-based ones put LOBELVILLE WATER DEPT at the 50th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 6,444 of 12,903.
How LOBELVILLE WATER DEPT compares within TN
TN's 318 covered systems average 4.8 health-based violations each; LOBELVILLE WATER DEPT carries 2, not more than typical for the state. 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 LOBELVILLE WATER DEPT is from 2025-01-01 (health-based: 2017-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 05/14/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
LOBELVILLE 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: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
- 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
LOBELVILLE WATER DEPT'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. Between the utility's meter and LOBELVILLE WATER DEPT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 6,444th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.