NORTHEAST KNOX U.D.: EPA violation history, explained
NORTHEAST KNOX U.D. has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 27,941 people through 11,642 service connections.
How this compares nationally
NORTHEAST KNOX U.D. has 9 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 8,279th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 36th percentile nationally.
How NORTHEAST KNOX U.D. compares within TN
TN's 318 covered systems average 4.8 health-based violations each; NORTHEAST KNOX U.D. 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 NORTHEAST KNOX U.D. is from 2023-01-10 (health-based: 1996-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 05/14/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
NORTHEAST KNOX U.D.'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:
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: DICHLOROMETHANE
The most severe category on record is synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / vocs, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
Everything on this page is NORTHEAST KNOX U.D.'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.