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Cunningham Utility District

Serves an area of Montgomery County, TN · 16,068 people served

Federal records show 3 health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Cunningham Utility District in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) violation that EPA lists as archived, not resolved.

  • TN0000167
  • CLARKSVILLE
  • TN
  • 16,068 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 37040
EPA system ID TN0000167

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
3
Resolved
2
Unresolved
0
Archived by EPA
1
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
2

Key facts

  • Cunningham Utility District buys its water from Cumberland Heights U.D. and Cunningham East-Montg WTP.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), 0.0883 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, November 2023.
  • Record on file since 2006, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 5,554 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 0.08318 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Oct 1, 2024 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.08245 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 0.0883 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Jul 1, 2022 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 2006

EPA's records for Cunningham Utility District go back to 2006. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 3 monitoring or reporting violations.

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

Enforcement actions

Tennessee regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Cunningham Utility District in 2023. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in November 2023.

Date By Action Violations covered
Nov 20, 2023 Tennessee Compliance order with a penalty 2 violations (2 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

What the violations mean

Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

3 incidents

Disinfection byproduct levels exceeded the federal limit

Long-term TTHM exposure may increase bladder cancer risk

Where the water comes from

Cunningham Utility District buys its water from Cumberland Heights U.D. and Cunningham East-Montg WTP. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. 1 other community water system buys water from Cunningham Utility District.

Buys water from

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Cunningham 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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Testing your own water

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