What's in SEWANEE UTILITY DISTRICT's water?
SEWANEE UTILITY DISTRICT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 5,970, over 1,682 connections.
SEWANEE UTILITY DISTRICT's record against the rest of the country
11 total violations and 1 health-based ones put SEWANEE UTILITY DISTRICT at the 37th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 8,174 of 12,903.
How SEWANEE UTILITY DISTRICT compares within TN
TN's 318 covered systems average 4.8 health-based violations each; SEWANEE UTILITY DISTRICT carries 1, 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 SEWANEE UTILITY DISTRICT is from 2020-01-07 (health-based: 2004-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 05/14/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
SEWANEE 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)
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
This is what SEWANEE UTILITY DISTRICT 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 11 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.