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Bean Station Utility District

Serves an area of Grainger County, TN that includes Bean Station · 10,378 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 5 monitoring/reporting issues for Bean Station Utility District in the last ten years.

  • TN0000041
  • BEAN STATION
  • TN
  • 10,378 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 37708
EPA system ID TN0000041

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
5

Key facts

  • Bean Station Utility District buys its water from Morristown Utilities Commission.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Tennessee, February 2009.
  • Record on file since 1990, with 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 251 lead and 3 unknown out of 3,937 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

None since October 2016.

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Nov 1, 2023 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2023 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2021 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Aug 1, 2020 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2020 Resolved

Full record since 1990

EPA's records for Bean Station Utility District go back to 1990. Before October 19, 2016 they list 4 health-based violations (4 resolved) and 3 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 1
2000s 4 2
2020s 0 5

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), began January 2009, Resolved.

Show all 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.084 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2009 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.096 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2008 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.091 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2008 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.083 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Apr 1, 2008 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Tennessee regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Bean Station Utility District in 2009. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in February 2009.

Date By Action Violations covered
Feb 19, 2009 Tennessee Compliance order with a penalty 3 violations (3 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

Where the water comes from

Bean Station Utility District buys its water from Morristown Utilities Commission. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. 2 other community water systems buy water from Bean Station Utility District.

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Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Bean Station Utility District must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.

Systems serving 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.

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Testing your own water

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