Is WAVERLY WATER DEPARTMENT's water safe to drink?
WAVERLY WATER DEPARTMENT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 9,270, over 3,485 connections.
WAVERLY WATER DEPARTMENT's record against the rest of the country
8 total violations and 2 health-based ones put WAVERLY WATER DEPARTMENT at the 48th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 6,653 of 12,903.
Against the TN average
WAVERLY WATER DEPARTMENT's 2 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
WAVERLY WATER DEPARTMENT's most recent violation on record is dated 2021-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2005-01-11. Last reported to EPA: 05/14/2026.
The concern categories on record
WAVERLY 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 WAVERLY WATER DEPARTMENT's record does not cover
Everything on this page is WAVERLY WATER DEPARTMENT's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 2 health-based violations on file for WAVERLY WATER DEPARTMENT - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.