What's in RICEVILLE UTILITY DISTRICT's water?
RICEVILLE UTILITY DISTRICT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 3,843 people get their water from it, across 1,556 connections.
How this compares nationally
RICEVILLE UTILITY DISTRICT has 15 violations on record in total, 7 of thems health-based - ranking it 2,774th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 79th percentile nationally.
Against the TN average
Among the 318 TN systems in this dataset, the average is 4.8 health-based violations - RICEVILLE UTILITY DISTRICT's 7 is above that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
RICEVILLE UTILITY DISTRICT's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2014-01-08. Last reported to EPA: 05/14/2026.
The concern categories on record
RICEVILLE UTILITY DISTRICT'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: Coliform (TCR)
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
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 RICEVILLE UTILITY DISTRICT's record does not cover
RICEVILLE UTILITY DISTRICT'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. Between the utility's meter and RICEVILLE UTILITY DISTRICT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,774th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.