Is WEST WARREN-VIOLA U.D.'s water safe to drink?
WEST WARREN-VIOLA U.D. has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 19,009, over 7,311 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
15 total violations and 7 health-based ones put WEST WARREN-VIOLA U.D. at the 79th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 2,769 of 12,903.
How WEST WARREN-VIOLA U.D. compares within TN
TN's 318 covered systems average 4.8 health-based violations each; WEST WARREN-VIOLA U.D. carries 7, more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for WEST WARREN-VIOLA U.D. is from 2021-01-07 (health-based: 2020-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 05/14/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
WEST WARREN-VIOLA U.D.'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: Coliform (TCR); Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
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
This is what WEST WARREN-VIOLA U.D. 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 WEST WARREN-VIOLA U.D.'s customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,769th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.