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Bell Buckle Water System

Serves an area of Bedford County, TN that includes Bell Buckle · 2,633 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Bell Buckle Water System in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Revised Total Coliform Rule violation.

  • TN0000044
  • BELL BUCKLE
  • TN
  • 2,633 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 37020
EPA system ID TN0000044

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
2

Key facts

  • Bell Buckle Water System buys its water from Wartrace Water System and Bedford County U.D.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Tennessee, December 2003.
  • Record on file since 1993, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 1 lead and 0 unknown out of 916 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.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Treatment technique failure
 110 May 21, 2023 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2025 Active
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2024 Active

Full record since 1993

EPA's records for Bell Buckle Water System go back to 1993. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 27 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 1 4
2000s 0 19
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 4
2020s 1 2

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Lead and Copper Rule, began January 1994, Resolved.

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Contaminant Start date Status
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 1994 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Tennessee regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Bell Buckle Water System in 2003. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in December 2003.

Date By Action Violations covered
Dec 10, 2003 Tennessee Compliance order with a penalty 12 violations: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

What the violations mean

Revised Total Coliform Rule

1 incident

The system did not meet a requirement of the Revised Total Coliform Rule

Coliform and E. coli rules protect against bacteria in the distribution system

Where the water comes from

Bell Buckle Water System buys its water from Wartrace Water System and Bedford County U.D. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

Bell Buckle Water System 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.

Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.

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