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Bloomingdale Utility District

Serves an area of Sullivan County, TN that includes Kingsport and Bloomingdale · 13,318 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 6 monitoring/reporting issues for Bloomingdale Utility District in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule violation.

  • TN0000056
  • KINGSPORT
  • TN
  • 13,318 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 37660
EPA system ID TN0000056

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
6

Key facts

  • Bloomingdale Utility District draws water from 1 surface water intake.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Tennessee, March 2024.
  • Record on file since 2001, with 5 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 827 unknown out of 5,715 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
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 120 Apr 1, 2019 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, 2023 Resolved
Fluoride
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2021 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2019 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 May 12, 2019 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Dec 1, 2010 Active
Enforcement action in place
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2009 Active
Enforcement action in place

Full record since 2001

EPA's records for Bloomingdale Utility District go back to 2001. Before October 19, 2016 they list 5 health-based violations (5 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 12 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
2000s 3 7
2010 to October 18, 2016 2 5
October 19, 2016 to 2019 1 2
2020s 0 2

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began September 2010, Archived.

Show all 5 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Sep 1, 2010 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 May 1, 2010 Archived
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.061 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Jan 1, 2009 Archived
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.066 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2008 Archived
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.065 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2008 Archived

Enforcement actions

Tennessee regulators took 3 formal enforcement actions against Bloomingdale Utility District between 2009 and 2024, filed as 4 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in March 2024.

Date By Action Violations covered
Mar 4, 2024 Tennessee Compliance order with a penalty 8 violations (2 health-based): Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule, Consumer Confidence Rule, Public Notice
Mar 15, 2012 Tennessee Compliance order with a penalty 6 violations (2 health-based): Total Coliform, Public Notice, Consumer Confidence Rule, Chlorine
May 8, 2009 Tennessee Compliance order with a penalty 3 violations (3 health-based): Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

What the violations mean

Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule

1 incident

The system failed required surface water treatment or filtration standards

Untreated or inadequately treated surface water can contain bacteria and viruses

Where the water comes from

Bloomingdale Utility District draws water from 1 surface water intake. 5 other community water systems buy water from Bloomingdale Utility District.

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Bloomingdale 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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