OLIVER SPRINGS WATER BOARD: EPA violation history, explained
OLIVER SPRINGS WATER BOARD had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. It serves 5,361 people through 2,206 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
OLIVER SPRINGS WATER BOARD has 77 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 7,313th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 43th percentile nationally.
Against the TN average
Among the 318 TN systems in this dataset, the average is 4.8 health-based violations - OLIVER SPRINGS WATER BOARD's 1 is at or below that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
OLIVER SPRINGS WATER BOARD's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-01-05, with the most recent health-based one dated 2024-01-05. Last reported to EPA: 05/14/2026.
The concern categories on record
OLIVER SPRINGS WATER 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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Interim 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 OLIVER SPRINGS WATER BOARD's record does not cover
This is what OLIVER SPRINGS WATER 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 77 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.