Is NASHVILLE RURAL WATER AUTHORITY's water safe to drink?
NASHVILLE RURAL WATER AUTHORITY had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. It serves 7,291 people through 3,034 service connections.
How this compares nationally
NASHVILLE RURAL WATER AUTHORITY has 55 violations on record in total, 35 of thems health-based - ranking it 459th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 96th percentile nationally.
How NASHVILLE RURAL WATER AUTHORITY compares within AR
Among the 243 AR systems in this dataset, the average is 7.1 health-based violations - NASHVILLE RURAL WATER AUTHORITY's 35 is above that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for NASHVILLE RURAL WATER AUTHORITY is from 2023-01-04 (health-based: 2023-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 05/12/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
NASHVILLE RURAL WATER AUTHORITY'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)
- 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 this data is and is not
Everything on this page is NASHVILLE RURAL WATER AUTHORITY'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 55 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.