Is LORETTO WATER DEPARTMENT's water safe to drink?
LORETTO WATER DEPARTMENT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 4,773 people through 1,781 service connections.
LORETTO WATER DEPARTMENT's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, LORETTO WATER DEPARTMENT ranks 2,421th by violation burden (81th percentile) - 21 violations total, 8 health-baseds.
How LORETTO WATER DEPARTMENT compares within TN
TN's 318 covered systems average 4.8 health-based violations each; LORETTO WATER DEPARTMENT carries 8, 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 LORETTO WATER DEPARTMENT is from 2020-01-07 (health-based: 2019-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 05/14/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
LORETTO WATER DEPARTMENT'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; 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 this data is and is not
LORETTO WATER DEPARTMENT'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 LORETTO WATER DEPARTMENT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,421th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.