Is ROGERSVILLE WATER DEPT's water safe to drink?
ROGERSVILLE WATER DEPT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 13,729 people through 5,673 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, ROGERSVILLE WATER DEPT ranks 537th by violation burden (96th percentile) - 118 violations total, 31 health-baseds.
How ROGERSVILLE WATER DEPT compares within TN
TN's 318 covered systems average 4.8 health-based violations each; ROGERSVILLE WATER DEPT carries 31, more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for ROGERSVILLE WATER DEPT is from 2021-01-07 (health-based: 2018-01-09). Last reported to EPA: 05/14/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
ROGERSVILLE WATER DEPT'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
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; 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 this data is and is not
ROGERSVILLE WATER DEPT'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 ROGERSVILLE WATER DEPT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 537th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.