SPARTA WATER SYSTEM: EPA violation history, explained
SPARTA WATER SYSTEM has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 10,899, over 4,176 connections.
How this compares nationally
SPARTA WATER SYSTEM has 17 violations on record in total, 4 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,235th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 67th percentile nationally.
Against the TN average
TN's 318 covered systems average 4.8 health-based violations each; SPARTA WATER SYSTEM carries 4, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
SPARTA WATER SYSTEM's most recent violation on record is dated 2018-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2013-01-04. Last reported to EPA: 05/14/2026.
The concern categories on record
SPARTA WATER SYSTEM'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
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 SPARTA WATER SYSTEM's record does not cover
This is what SPARTA WATER SYSTEM 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. Between the utility's meter and SPARTA WATER SYSTEM's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,235th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.