VANLEER WATER DEPARTMENT: EPA violation history, explained
VANLEER WATER DEPARTMENT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 3,831 people through 1,424 service connections.
How this compares nationally
44 total violations and 2 health-based ones put VANLEER WATER DEPARTMENT at the 54th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,958 of 12,903.
How VANLEER WATER DEPARTMENT compares within TN
VANLEER WATER DEPARTMENT's 2 health-based violations sit within the TN average of 4.8, across 318 systems statewide. 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 VANLEER WATER DEPARTMENT is from 2018-01-03 (health-based: 1994-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 05/14/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
VANLEER WATER DEPARTMENT'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: 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 this data is and is not
Everything on this page is VANLEER WATER DEPARTMENT's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and VANLEER WATER DEPARTMENT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 5,958th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.