Tennessee Water Systems

Compiled by PlainEnviro · August 25, 2026

454 community water systems in Tennessee, ranked by violation count. Data from EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS).

Water Systems

454

Health-Based Violation Records

1,192

Health Violations

131 systems

Population Served

7,836,358

Tennessee community water systems are regulated by the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) under the Safe Drinking Water Act; each utility files compliance results with the state's primacy agency and, for federally listed contaminants, with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency directly. PlainEnviro's health-based SDWIS extract above counts health-based exceedances only -- monitoring and reporting violations are not present in these figures.

Violation counts reflect both infrastructure realities and reporting diligence, a state with more small rural systems will accumulate more monitoring-type violations without necessarily delivering worse water. Health-based violations are the stronger safety signal. A past violation does not itself indicate current unsafe water; utilities must notify customers, remediate, and publish an annual Consumer Confidence Report. All numbers below draw directly from the federal SDWIS record.

Which water systems have violations? (131)

#	System Name	City	Source	Violations	Pop. Served	Health
1	WARREN COUNTY U.D. #2 Mcminnville	Mcminnville	Surface Water	118	6,022	Yes
2	JACKSON COUNTY U.D. #3 Gainesboro	Gainesboro	Surface Water	85	3,917	Yes
3	CLIFTON WATER DEPT Clifton	Clifton	Surface Water	61	4,110	Yes
4	BYRDSTOWN WATER DEPARTMENT Byrdstown	Byrdstown	Surface Water	54	8,658	Yes
5	BEDFORD COUNTY U.D. Shelbyville	Shelbyville	Surface Water	40	22,908	Yes
6	ONEIDA W&S COMM Oneida	Oneida	Surface Water	34	11,600	Yes
7	TRACY CITY WATER SYSTEM Tracy City	Tracy City	Surface Water	34	5,692	Yes
8	LAKEVIEW U.D. WEST Rogersville	Rogersville	Surface Water	28	2,684	Yes
9	HARTSVILLE-TROUSDALE W&S U.D. Hartsville	Hartsville	Surface Water	25	10,562	Yes
10	DAYTON WATER DEPT Dayton	Dayton	Surface Water	24	25,054	Yes
11	ROGERSVILLE WATER DEPT Rogersville	Rogersville	Surface Water	24	13,729	Yes
12	MONTEAGLE PUBLIC UTILITY BOARD Monteagle	Monteagle	Surface Water	24	4,179	Yes
13	FRANKLIN WATER DEPT Franklin	Franklin	Surface Water	23	77,222	Yes
14	CORDELL HULL UTILITY DISTRICT Riddleton	Riddleton	Surface Water	23	3,220	Yes
15	SOUTH GILES UTILITY DISTRICT Minor Hill	Minor Hill	Surface Water	22	6,985	Yes
16	WOODLAWN UTILITY DISTRICT Woodlawn	Woodlawn	Surface Water	21	12,069	Yes
17	NORTHWEST CLAY COUNTY UTILITY Moss	Moss	Surface Water	21	4,437	Yes
18	RIVER LANDING CONDOMINIUM ASSOC Chattanooga	Chattanooga	Surface Water	21	52	Yes
19	WILSON CO WATER & WASTEWATER Lebanon	Lebanon	Surface Water	18	22,680	Yes
20	GRAYSVILLE WATER DEPT Graysville	Graysville	Groundwater	18	1,872	Yes
21	FENTRESS COUNTY U.D. Jamestown	Jamestown	Surface Water	17	16,845	Yes
22	JONESBOROUGH WATER DEPT Jonesborough	Jonesborough	Surface Water	16	33,069	Yes
23	NORTH STEWART UTILITY DISTRICT Dover	Dover	Surface Water	16	5,983	Yes
24	MINOR HILL WATER U.D. Minor Hill	Minor Hill	Surface Water	15	8,237	Yes
25	WEST STEWART UTILITY DISTRICT Erin	Erin	Surface Water	15	629	Yes
26	NORTH GREENE UTILITIES, INC. Greeneville	Greeneville	Surface Water	12	5,604	Yes
27	MONTEREY WATER DEPT Monterey	Monterey	Surface Water	12	5,072	Yes
28	CUNNINGHAM UTILITY DISTRICT Clarksville	Clarksville	Surface Water	11	16,068	Yes
29	EAST MONTGOMERY U.D. Clarksville	Clarksville	Surface Water	10	18,382	Yes
30	WITT UTILITY DISTRICT Morristown	Morristown	Surface Water	10	5,771	Yes
31	PERRYVILLE UTILITY DISTRICT Parsons	Parsons	Surface Water	10	3,127	Yes
32	TURNEY CENTER Only	Only	Surface Water	10	1,610	Yes
33	CUMBERLAND UTILITY DISTRICT Harriman	Harriman	Surface Water	9	14,085	Yes
34	CARTHAGE WATER SYSTEM Carthage	Carthage	Surface Water	9	3,624	Yes
35	SOUTH SIDE U.D. #3 Gordonsville	Gordonsville	Surface Water	9	192	Yes
36	LA VERGNE WATER SYSTEM Lavergne	Lavergne	Surface Water	8	38,730	Yes
37	WARREN COUNTY UTILITY DISTRICT Mcminnville	Mcminnville	Surface Water	8	29,055	Yes
38	ERIN WATER DEPARTMENT Erin	Erin	Surface Water	8	8,239	Yes
39	SPRING CITY WATER SYSTEM Spring City	Spring City	Surface Water	8	2,985	Yes
40	ALEXANDRIA WATER SYSTEM Alexandria	Alexandria	Surface Water	8	2,626	Yes
41	JACKSON COUNTY U.D. #1 Gainesboro	Gainesboro	Surface Water	8	686	Yes
42	TWENTY FIVE UTILITY DISTRICT Riddleton	Riddleton	Surface Water	7	2,159	Yes
43	WOODBURY WATER SYSTEM Woodbury	Woodbury	Surface Water	6	11,434	Yes
44	SMITHVILLE WATER SYSTEM Smithville	Smithville	Surface Water	6	7,049	Yes
45	FAIRVIEW UTILITY DISTRICT Pulaski	Pulaski	Surface Water	6	7,036	Yes
46	ROANE CENTRAL UTILITY DISTRICT Harriman	Harriman	Surface Water	6	5,317	Yes
47	ALLARDT WATER WORKS Allardt	Allardt	Surface Water	6	4,058	Yes
48	LYNNVILLE WATER DEPT Lynnville	Lynnville	Surface Water	6	1,372	Yes
49	PETERSBURG WATER SYSTEM Petersburg	Petersburg	Surface Water	6	1,078	Yes
50	DOWELLTOWN-LIBERTY W.S. Waverly	Waverly	Surface Water	6	1,065	Yes
51	GREEN MEADOW ESTATES OF ROCKFORD LLC Knoxville	Knoxville	Groundwater	6	250	Yes
52	PULASKI WATER SYSTEM Pulaski	Pulaski	Surface Water	5	10,767	Yes
53	SUMMERTOWN UTILITY DISTRICT Summertown	Summertown	Groundwater	5	5,593	Yes
54	LAUREL MTN LAKES WATER ASSOC. Madisonville	Madisonville	Groundwater	5	259	Yes
55	GOLDEN ESTATES TRAILER COURT Kodak	Kodak	Groundwater	5	225	Yes
56	CARLTON HEIGHTS MHP CT 2 Sevierville	Sevierville	Groundwater	5	60	Yes
57	MURFREESBORO WATER DEPARTMENT Murfreesboro	Murfreesboro	Surface Water	4	114,331	Yes
58	FIRST U.D. OF HAWKINS COUNTY	-	Surface Water	4	19,972	Yes
59	WEST WARREN-VIOLA U.D. Smartt	Smartt	Surface Water	4	19,009	Yes
60	LIVINGSTON WATER DEPT Livingston	Livingston	Surface Water	4	15,733	Yes
61	TELLICO PLAINS WATER DEPT Tellico Plains	Tellico Plains	Groundwater	4	7,759	Yes
62	OLIVER SPRINGS WATER BOARD Oak Ridge	Oak Ridge	Surface Water	4	5,361	Yes
63	CARDERVIEW UTILITY DISTRICT Butler	Butler	Surface Water	4	1,049	Yes
64	DEKALB UTILITY DISTRICT #4 Smithville	Smithville	Surface Water	4	927	Yes
65	CHOCTAW ESTATES, LLC Knoxville	Knoxville	Groundwater	4	105	Yes
66	MOUNTAIN VILLAGE PARKS Jamestown	Jamestown	Groundwater	4	53	Yes
67	COOKEVILLE WATER DEPT Cookeville	Cookeville	Surface Water	3	49,711	Yes
68	SPRINGFIELD WATER SYSTEM Springfield	Springfield	Surface Water	3	46,546	Yes
69	CUMBERLAND PLATEAU W.A. #2 Crossville	Crossville	Surface Water	3	12,850	Yes
70	CENTERVILLE WATER SYSTEM Centerville	Centerville	Surface Water	3	11,011	Yes
71	GREENBRIER WATER & SEWER DEPT Greenbrier	Greenbrier	Surface Water	3	9,162	Yes
72	FIRST U.D. OF CARTER COUNTY Elizabethton	Elizabethton	Surface Water	3	9,143	Yes
73	SMITH UTILITY DISTRICT Carthage	Carthage	Surface Water	3	8,913	Yes
74	MAYNARDVILLE WATER DEPT Maynardville	Maynardville	Surface Water	3	7,940	Yes
75	WEST ROBERTSON WATER AUTHORITY Adams	Adams	Surface Water	3	5,915	Yes
76	FALL CREEK FALLS U.D. Pikeville	Pikeville	Surface Water	3	5,434	Yes
77	WATTS BAR EAST U.D. Kingston	Kingston	Surface Water	3	4,280	Yes
78	BELL BUCKLE WATER SYSTEM Bell Buckle	Bell Buckle	Surface Water	3	2,633	Yes
79	BROWNLOW UTILITY DISTRICT Mountain City	Mountain City	Surface Water	3	683	Yes
80	REELFOOT WATER ASSOCIATION Hornbeak	Hornbeak	Groundwater	3	644	Yes
81	CONSOLIDATED U.D. OF RUTHERFORD CO Murfreesboro	Murfreesboro	Surface Water	2	221,871	Yes
82	HALLSDALE-POWELL U.D. Knoxville	Knoxville	Surface Water	2	84,315	Yes
83	WEST KNOX UTILITY DISTRICT Knoxville	Knoxville	Surface Water	2	77,825	Yes
84	OAK RIDGE DEPT OF PUBLIC WORKS Oak Ridge	Oak Ridge	Surface Water	2	41,614	Yes
85	ALCOA WATER SYSTEM Alcoa	Alcoa	Surface Water	2	35,238	Yes
86	LENOIR CITY UTILITY BOARD Lenoir City	Lenoir City	Surface Water	2	34,786	Yes
87	ANDERSON COUNTY W.A. Clinton	Clinton	Surface Water	2	25,700	Yes
88	GLADEVILLE UTILITY DISTRICT Gladeville	Gladeville	Surface Water	2	19,813	Yes
89	HARRIMAN UTILITY BOARD Harriman	Harriman	Surface Water	2	16,653	Yes
90	SWEETWATER UTILITY BOARD Sweetwater	Sweetwater	Surface Water	2	13,597	Yes
91	ROCKWOOD WATER, SEWER & GAS Rockwood	Rockwood	Surface Water	2	11,412	Yes
92	LUTTRELL-BLAINE-CORRYTON U.D. Luttrell	Luttrell	Surface Water	2	10,529	Yes
93	FIRST U.D. OF HARDIN COUNTY Counce	Counce	Surface Water	2	7,388	Yes
94	BRISTOL-BLUFF CITY U.D. Cookeville	Cookeville	Surface Water	2	6,268	Yes
95	WAYNESBORO WATER SYSTEM Waynesboro	Waynesboro	Surface Water	2	5,354	Yes
96	JELLICO UTILITIES AUTHORITY Jellico	Jellico	Surface Water	2	5,056	Yes
97	LORETTO WATER DEPARTMENT Loretto	Loretto	Surface Water	2	4,773	Yes
98	LOBELVILLE WATER DEPT Lobelville	Lobelville	Surface Water	2	4,752	Yes
99	WHITE PINE WATER SYSTEM White Pine	White Pine	Surface Water	2	4,171	Yes
100	NEW JOHNSONVILLE WATER DEPT New Johnsonville	New Johnsonville	Surface Water	2	2,961	Yes
101	WATERTOWN WATER SYSTEM Watertown	Watertown	Groundwater	2	1,944	Yes
102	MOORESBURG UTILITY DISTRICT Mooresburg	Mooresburg	Surface Water	2	1,844	Yes
103	FRIENDSHIP DISTRIBUTION WATER SYSTEM Friendship	Friendship	Groundwater	2	904	Yes
104	KWP UTILITY COMPANY LLC Memphis	Memphis	Groundwater	2	869	Yes
105	OLD HICKORY WAT CO-UNION COUNTY Maynardville	Maynardville	Surface Water	2	342	Yes
106	MOUNTAIN SIDE ESTATES Sweetwater	Sweetwater	Groundwater	2	121	Yes
107	SOUTH BLOUNT UTILITY DISTRICT Maryville	Maryville	Surface Water	1	53,864	Yes
108	CROSSVILLE WATER DEPT Crossville	Crossville	Surface Water	1	32,985	Yes
109	ELIZABETHTON WATER DEPT Elizabethton	Elizabethton	Surface Water	1	32,490	Yes
110	SAVANNAH VALLEY U.D. Georgetown	Georgetown	Surface Water	1	30,571	Yes
111	CUMBERLAND PLATEAU W.A.#1 Crossville	Crossville	Surface Water	1	22,673	Yes
112	LAFAYETTE WATER SYSTEM Lafayette	Lafayette	Surface Water	1	21,551	Yes
113	OCOEE UTILITY DISTRICT Ocoee	Ocoee	Surface Water	1	21,082	Yes
114	NORTHWEST UTILITY DISTRICT Soddy Daisy	Soddy Daisy	Surface Water	1	20,710	Yes
115	MCMINNVILLE WATER DEPT Mcminnville	Mcminnville	Surface Water	1	19,029	Yes
116	PIGEON FORGE WATER DEPARTMENT Sevierville	Sevierville	Surface Water	1	14,872	Yes
117	BLOOMINGDALE UTILITY DISTRICT Kingsport	Kingsport	Surface Water	1	13,318	Yes
118	FIRST U.D. OF TIPTON COUNTY Covington	Covington	Groundwater	1	9,017	Yes
119	RED BOILING SPRINGS W.S.	-	Surface Water	1	6,050	Yes
120	CUMBERLAND PLATEAU W.A.#3 Crossville	Crossville	Surface Water	1	5,659	Yes
121	PIKEVILLE WATER SYSTEM Pikeville	Pikeville	Surface Water	1	5,486	Yes
122	MASON WATER DEPT Mason	Mason	Groundwater	1	3,642	Yes
123	WARTRACE WATER SYSTEM Wartrace	Wartrace	Surface Water	1	3,576	Yes
124	SURGOINSVILLE UTILITY DISTRICT Surgoinsville	Surgoinsville	Surface Water	1	2,609	Yes
125	RIDGELY WATER SYSTEM Ridgely	Ridgely	Groundwater	1	2,059	Yes
126	INTERMONT UTILITY DISTRICT Bristol	Bristol	Surface Water	1	1,848	Yes
127	ST JOSEPH WATER SYSTEM St. Joseph	St. Joseph	Surface Water	1	1,533	Yes
128	EAST SEVIER COUNTY U.D. Sevierville	Sevierville	Groundwater	1	815	Yes
129	MASON HALL DEVELOPMENT CORP Kenton	Kenton	Groundwater	1	211	Yes
130	LAURELBROOK SCHOOL Dayton	Dayton	Groundwater	1	150	Yes
131	HILLVIEW MHC Nashville	Nashville	Surface Water	1	96	Yes

Systems with No Violations (323)

323 water systems in Tennessee have zero recorded violations. Showing the 50 largest by population served.

METRO WATER SERVICES (778,153) MEMPHIS LIGHT, GAS, & WATER (659,500) KNOXVILLE UTILITIES BOARD - KUB (254,671) CLARKSVILLE WATER DEPARTMENT (251,864) TENNESSEE AMERICAN WATER (207,046) WHITE HOUSE UTILITY DISTRICT (130,411) FIRST U.D. OF KNOX COUNTY (115,531) KINGSPORT WATER DEPT (107,739) JOHNSON CITY WATER DEPT (105,057) CLEVELAND UTILITIES (95,087) JACKSON WATER SYSTEM (91,111) WEST WILSON UTILITY DISTRICT (86,978) COLUMBIA POWER AND WATER SYSTEMS (84,617) MADISON SUBURBAN U.D. (81,203) WATER AUTH OF DICKSON COUNTY (68,675) HIXSON UTILITY DISTRICT (68,306) GALLATIN WATER DEPARTMENT (65,964) SPRING HILL WATER DEPT (65,840) HARPETH VALLEY U.D. (65,518) SMYRNA WATER SYSTEM (60,876) LEBANON WATER SYSTEM (60,669) EASTSIDE UTILITY DISTRICT (59,612) HENDERSONVILLE U.D. (59,034) BARTLETT WATER SYSTEM (57,129) COLLIERVILLE WATER DEPT (51,972) CITY OF MARYVILLE W&S DEPT (49,135) KNOX-CHAPMAN UTILITY DISTRICT (41,311) H.B.& T.S. UTILITY DISTRICT (40,094) SEVIERVILLE WATER SYSTEM (39,885) MORRISTOWN UTILITIES COMMIS. (39,883) MILCROFTON UTILITY DISTRICT (38,032) GERMANTOWN WATER DEPT (37,738) BRISTOL DEPT OF UTILITIES (37,648) SHELBYVILLE WATER SYSTEM (36,813) NEWPORT UTILITIES BOARD (34,925) NOLENSVILLE-COLLEGE GROVE U.D. (34,159) TULLAHOMA UTILITIES AUTHORITY (30,958) BRENTWOOD WATER DEPARTMENT (30,493) MALLORY VALLEY U.D. (30,347) NORTHEAST KNOX U.D. (27,941) LAFOLLETTE UTILITIES BOARD (27,637) GREENEVILLE WATER COMMISSION (26,657) ATHENS UTILITIES BOARD (26,424) LEXINGTON WATER SYSTEMS (26,322) PORTLAND WATER SYSTEM (25,761) SHADY GROVE UTILITY DISTRICT (25,320) MANCHESTER WATER DEPARTMENT (24,975) WINCHESTER WATER SYSTEM (24,899) LEWISBURG WATER SYSTEM (24,569) MAURY CO WATER SYSTEM (24,488) +273 more

All Water Systems in Tennessee (454)

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System	Population Served	Violations
BELLS PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT	2,610	0
SURGOINSVILLE UTILITY DISTRICT	2,609	1
COWAN B.P.U.	2,550	0
JACKSON COUNTY U.D. #2	2,512	0
BENTON WATER SYSTEM	2,491	0
GIBSON CO MUNI WATER DIST #1	2,433	0
DECATURVILLE WATER SYSTEM	2,384	0
LINCOLN CO B.P.U. #2	2,350	0
JACKSON COUNTY U.D. #4	2,323	0
MOSHEIM UTILITY DISTRICT	2,270	0
GRANDVIEW UTILITY DISTRICT	2,226	0
SALTILLO UTILITY DISTRICT	2,216	0
EASTVIEW UTILITY DISTRICT	2,205	0
GREENFIELD WATER DEPT	2,189	0
TWENTY FIVE UTILITY DISTRICT	2,159	7
SOUTH PARIS WATER CO-OP	2,141	0
NORRIS WATER COMMISSION	2,126	0
RUTLEDGE WATER SYSTEM	2,102	0
TROY WATER SYSTEM	2,096	0
SPRING CREEK UTILITY DISTRICT	2,091	0
RIDGELY WATER SYSTEM	2,059	1
ROCKY TOP WATER DEPT	1,963	0
WATERTOWN WATER SYSTEM	1,944	2
VENUE @ 109	1,890	0
ARDMORE WATER SYSTEM	1,886	0
GRAYSVILLE WATER DEPT	1,872	18
INTERMONT UTILITY DISTRICT	1,848	1
MOORESBURG UTILITY DISTRICT	1,844	2
BELVIDERE RURAL U.D.	1,771	0
HUNTLAND WATER SYSTEM	1,755	0
GLEASON WATER DEPT	1,753	0
WEBB CREEK UTILITY DISTRICT	1,737	0
HAYWOOD COUNTY U.D.	1,675	0
BRUCETON WATER SYSTEM	1,649	0
OBION WATER DEPT	1,615	0
TURNEY CENTER	1,610	10
LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY	1,600	0
GAINESBORO WATER SYSTEM	1,596	0
CEDAR GROVE U.D.	1,556	0
NORTH ELIZABETHTON WATER CO-OP	1,555	0
SOUTH CARROLL UTILITY DISTRICT	1,549	0
ST JOSEPH WATER SYSTEM	1,533	1
KENTON WATER DEPT	1,492	0
SPRINGVILLE U.D.	1,492	0
GIBSON CO MUNI WATER DIST #3	1,465	0
WHITEVILLE WATER DEPT	1,440	0
MAURY CITY WATER DEPT	1,439	0
HORNBEAK UTILITY DISTRICT	1,416	0
RUTHERFORD WATER WORKS	1,404	0
LYNNVILLE WATER DEPT	1,372	6

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many water systems are in Tennessee?

Tennessee has 454 community water systems tracked by the EPA, serving a combined population of 7,836,358 people.

How many water systems in Tennessee have health violations?

131 water systems in Tennessee have health-based violations, which include Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) and Treatment Technique (TT) violations. These represent 29% of all systems in the state.

How many health-based violation records are in this extract for Tennessee?

PlainEnviro's health-based EPA SDWIS extract contains 1,192 records joined to 454 active community water systems in Tennessee. Monitoring and reporting records are not included.

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Water system data is from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS). Health-based violations include Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) and Treatment Technique (TT) violations that may pose a direct risk to public health. Only community water systems (CWS) are included.

Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, SDWIS Federal Reporting Services

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