Is SMITH UTILITY DISTRICT's water safe to drink?
SMITH UTILITY DISTRICT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 8,913 people get their water from it, across 3,468 connections.
How this compares nationally
SMITH UTILITY DISTRICT has 42 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 7,502th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 42th percentile nationally.
Against the TN average
SMITH UTILITY DISTRICT's 1 health-based violations sit within the TN average of 4.8, across 318 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
SMITH UTILITY DISTRICT's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2021-01-10. Last reported to EPA: 05/14/2026.
The concern categories on record
SMITH 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:
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
The most severe category on record is disinfection byproducts, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What SMITH UTILITY DISTRICT's record does not cover
This is what SMITH 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 42 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.