Is MURFREESBORO WATER DEPARTMENT's water safe to drink?
MURFREESBORO WATER DEPARTMENT had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 114,331 people get their water from it, across 41,275 connections.
MURFREESBORO WATER DEPARTMENT's record against the rest of the country
9 total violations and 1 health-based ones put MURFREESBORO WATER DEPARTMENT at the 36th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 8,268 of 12,903.
How MURFREESBORO WATER DEPARTMENT compares within TN
TN's 318 covered systems average 4.8 health-based violations each; MURFREESBORO WATER DEPARTMENT carries 1, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for MURFREESBORO WATER DEPARTMENT is from 2024-07-08 (health-based: 2023-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 05/14/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
MURFREESBORO 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: Revised Total Coliform 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
Everything on this page is MURFREESBORO WATER DEPARTMENT'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 9 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.