Public water system record
Bluff City Water Department
Serves an area of Sullivan County, TN that includes Bluff City · 2,763 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 42 monitoring/reporting issues for Bluff City Water Department in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 42
Key facts
- Bluff City Water Department draws water from 1 spring.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Tennessee, September 2023.
- Record on file since 1980, with 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 705 unknown out of 1,197 service lines.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2025 | Active |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Jul 23, 2022 | Active |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2018 |
Active
Enforcement action in place
|
|
Styrene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Ethylbenzene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Toluene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Benzene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
CHLOROBENZENE
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Tetrachloroethylene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
1,1,2-Trichloroethane
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Trichloroethylene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
1,2-Dichloropropane
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Carbon tetrachloride
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
1,1,1-Trichloroethane
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
1,2-Dichloroethane
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
1,1-Dichloroethylene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Vinyl chloride
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
p-Dichlorobenzene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
o-Dichlorobenzene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
DICHLOROMETHANE
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Xylenes, Total
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
2,4-D
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2014 | Resolved |
|
LASSO
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2014 | Resolved |
|
Simazine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2014 | Resolved |
Full record since 1980
EPA's records for Bluff City Water Department go back to 1980. Before October 19, 2016 they list 4 health-based violations (1 resolved, 3 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 49 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 9 |
| 1990s | 2 | 11 |
| 2000s | 1 | 12 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 1 | 17 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 29 |
| 2020s | 0 | 10 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute), began August 2013, Archived.
Show all 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
|
Aug 1, 2013 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Sep 1, 2004 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jun 1, 1999 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Mar 1, 1994 | Archived |
Enforcement actions
Tennessee regulators took 4 formal enforcement actions against Bluff City Water Department between 2007 and 2023. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in September 2023.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27, 2023 | Tennessee | Compliance order with a penalty | 6 violations: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Lead and Copper Rule, Consumer Confidence Rule |
| Sep 5, 2014 | Tennessee | Compliance order with a penalty | 13 violations (1 health-based): Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Coliform, Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule, Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Chlorine |
| Jun 27, 2012 | Tennessee | Signed compliance agreement | 5 violations: Consumer Confidence Rule, Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Chlorine, Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Coliform |
| Jun 19, 2007 | Tennessee | Compliance order with a penalty | 2 violations: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) |
Where the water comes from
Bluff City Water Department draws water from 1 spring. It also has emergency connections to Bristol-Bluff City U.D. and Johnson City Water Dept.
Emergency or part-time connections to
- Bristol-Bluff City U.D. Cookeville, TN
- Johnson City Water Dept Johnson City, TN
Annual water quality report
Bluff City Water Department 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