NEWPORT UTILITIES BOARD: EPA violation history, explained
NEWPORT UTILITIES BOARD has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 34,925, over 13,970 connections.
NEWPORT UTILITIES BOARD's record against the rest of the country
21 total violations and 3 health-based ones put NEWPORT UTILITIES BOARD at the 61th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,014 of 12,903.
Against the TN average
Among the 318 TN systems in this dataset, the average is 4.8 health-based violations - NEWPORT UTILITIES BOARD's 3 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
NEWPORT UTILITIES BOARD's most recent violation on record is dated 1993-01-05, with the most recent health-based one dated 1984-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 05/14/2026.
The concern categories on record
NEWPORT UTILITIES BOARD'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:
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
The most severe category on record is disinfection byproducts, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What NEWPORT UTILITIES BOARD's record does not cover
This is what NEWPORT UTILITIES BOARD reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 21 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.