Is PARSONS WATER DEPARTMENT's water safe to drink?
PARSONS WATER DEPARTMENT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 4,303 people through 1,742 service connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, PARSONS WATER DEPARTMENT ranks 8,179th by violation burden (37th percentile) - 11 violations total, 1 health-based.
Against the TN average
TN's 318 covered systems average 4.8 health-based violations each; PARSONS WATER DEPARTMENT carries 1, not more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
PARSONS WATER DEPARTMENT's most recent violation on record is dated 2014-01-02, with the most recent health-based one dated 2000-01-02. Last reported to EPA: 05/14/2026.
The concern categories on record
PARSONS WATER DEPARTMENT'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: 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 PARSONS WATER DEPARTMENT's record does not cover
PARSONS WATER DEPARTMENT'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. This record - 1 health-based violation on file for PARSONS WATER DEPARTMENT - 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.