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Cordell Hull Utility District

Serves an area of Smith County, TN · 3,220 people served

Federal records show 5 health-based violations and 4 monitoring/reporting issues for Cordell Hull Utility District in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) violation.

  • TN0000096
  • RIDDLETON
  • TN
  • 3,220 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 37151
EPA system ID TN0000096

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
5
Resolved
5
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
4

Key facts

  • Cordell Hull Utility District buys its water from Carthage Water System and Hartsville-Trousdale W&S U.D.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), 0.0882 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit), 2022.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Tennessee, September 2024.
  • Record on file since 1992, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 1,252 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
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.08168 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Jan 1, 2023 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.08075 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Oct 1, 2022 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.0882 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Jul 1, 2022 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.0867 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Apr 1, 2022 Resolved No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.062 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Apr 1, 2018 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
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2021 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2019 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2018 Resolved

Full record since 1992

EPA's records for Cordell Hull Utility District go back to 1992. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 13 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 2
2000s 0 7
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 4
October 19, 2016 to 2019 1 2
2020s 4 2

Enforcement actions

Tennessee regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Cordell Hull Utility District and issued 1 boil water order between 2009 and 2024. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in September 2024.

Date By Action Violations covered
Sep 27, 2024 Tennessee Compliance order with a penalty 4 violations (4 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
May 3, 2010 Tennessee Boil water order 1 violation
Feb 3, 2009 Tennessee Compliance order with a penalty 2 violations: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

What the violations mean

Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

4 incidents

Disinfection byproduct levels exceeded the federal limit

Long-term TTHM exposure may increase bladder cancer risk

Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

1 incident

Haloacetic acid byproducts exceeded the federal limit

Long-term exposure to HAAs may increase cancer risk

Where the water comes from

Cordell Hull Utility District buys its water from Carthage Water System and Hartsville-Trousdale W&S U.D. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

Cordell Hull 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.

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