What's in OAKLAND WATER DEPT's water?

OAKLAND WATER DEPT's only violations on record are reporting or monitoring lapses, not a contaminant or treatment-technique failure EPA classifies as health-based. 14,957 people get their water from it, across 6,007 connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

3 total violations and 0 health-based ones put OAKLAND WATER DEPT at the 10th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 11,614 of 12,903.

How OAKLAND WATER DEPT compares within TN

TN's 318 covered systems average 4.8 health-based violations each; OAKLAND WATER DEPT carries 0, not 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 OAKLAND WATER DEPT is from 1997-01-08. Last reported to EPA: 05/14/2026.

What this data is and is not

Everything on this page is OAKLAND WATER DEPT's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 0 health-based violations on file for OAKLAND WATER DEPT - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.