Is SWEETWATER UTILITY BOARD's water safe to drink?
SWEETWATER UTILITY BOARD has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 13,597 people get their water from it, across 5,527 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
SWEETWATER UTILITY BOARD has 11 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 8,150th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 37th percentile nationally.
Against the TN average
SWEETWATER UTILITY BOARD's 1 health-based violations sit within the TN average of 4.8, across 318 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
SWEETWATER UTILITY BOARD's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2016-01-04. Last reported to EPA: 05/14/2026.
The concern categories on record
SWEETWATER UTILITY BOARD'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 SWEETWATER UTILITY BOARD's record does not cover
SWEETWATER UTILITY BOARD'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. 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.