Is NORTH STEWART UTILITY DISTRICT's water safe to drink?
NORTH STEWART UTILITY DISTRICT had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 5,983, over 2,372 connections.
How this compares nationally
NORTH STEWART UTILITY DISTRICT has 32 violations on record in total, 12 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,598th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 88th percentile nationally.
How NORTH STEWART UTILITY DISTRICT compares within TN
TN's 318 covered systems average 4.8 health-based violations each; NORTH STEWART UTILITY DISTRICT carries 12, more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for NORTH STEWART UTILITY DISTRICT is from 2022-06-07 (health-based: 2022-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 05/14/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
NORTH STEWART UTILITY DISTRICT'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
- 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
NORTH STEWART UTILITY DISTRICT'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 NORTH STEWART UTILITY DISTRICT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,598th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.