Public water system record
Bells Public Utility District
Serves Bells, Crockett County, TN · 2,610 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 6 monitoring/reporting issues for Bells Public Utility District in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 6
Key facts
- Bells Public Utility District draws water from 3 wells.
- Record on file since 1980, with 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 5 lead and 18 unknown out of 1,014 service lines.
Check whether Bells Public Utility District serves your address
Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation 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 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2025 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
|
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2025 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
|
|
Radium-228
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Radium-226
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2017 | Resolved |
Full record since 1980
EPA's records for Bells Public Utility District go back to 1980. Before October 19, 2016 they list 2 health-based violations (2 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 3 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1 | 1 |
| 1990s | 1 | 0 |
| 2000s | 0 | 2 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0 | 5 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began May 1999, Archived.
Show all 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
May 1, 1999 | Archived |
|
Cadmium
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jun 16, 1981 | Archived |
Where the water comes from
Bells Public Utility District draws water from 3 wells.
Annual water quality report
Bells Public 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.
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.
Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search
Testing your own water
To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by Tennessee.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells