Is OAK RIDGE DEPT OF PUBLIC WORKS's water safe to drink?
OAK RIDGE DEPT OF PUBLIC WORKS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 41,614 people get their water from it, across 17,125 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
OAK RIDGE DEPT OF PUBLIC WORKS has 14 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 7,987th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 38th percentile nationally.
How OAK RIDGE DEPT OF PUBLIC WORKS compares within TN
OAK RIDGE DEPT OF PUBLIC WORKS's 1 health-based violations sit within the TN average of 4.8, across 318 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for OAK RIDGE DEPT OF PUBLIC WORKS is from 2023-01-03 (health-based: 2019-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 05/14/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
OAK RIDGE DEPT OF PUBLIC WORKS'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: Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment 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
This is what OAK RIDGE DEPT OF PUBLIC WORKS 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 14 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.