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Elizabethton Water Dept

Serves Elizabethton, Central, Biltmore and 3 more places, Carter County, TN · 32,490 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for Elizabethton Water Dept in the last ten years.

  • TN0000221
  • ELIZABETHTON
  • TN
  • 32,490 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 37643
EPA system ID TN0000221

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

Key facts

  • Elizabethton Water Dept draws water from 3 springs.
  • Most recent enforcement action: boil water order by Tennessee, September 2024.
  • Record on file since 1988, with 12 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 10,668 unknown out of 12,087 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.

None since October 2016, and no monitoring or reporting violations either.

Full record since 1988

EPA's records for Elizabethton Water Dept go back to 1988. Before October 19, 2016 they list 12 health-based violations (4 resolved, 8 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 31 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 0 20
1990s 7 1
2000s 5 8
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 2

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Surface Water Treatment Rule, began February 2007, Resolved.

Show all 12 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Feb 1, 2007 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Sep 1, 2005 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Aug 1, 2005 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 2005 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Aug 1, 2001 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Mar 1, 1995 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Feb 1, 1995 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Aug 1, 1994 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jun 1, 1994 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Mar 1, 1994 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Feb 1, 1994 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Mar 1, 1991 Archived

Enforcement actions

Tennessee regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Elizabethton Water Dept and issued 2 boil water orders between 2001 and 2024. The most recent was a boil water order in September 2024.

Date By Action Violations covered
Sep 28, 2024 Tennessee Boil water order 1 violation
Jun 6, 2007 Tennessee Administrative penalty 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule
Aug 13, 2001 Tennessee Boil water order 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule

Where the water comes from

Elizabethton Water Dept draws water from 3 springs. It also buys water from Watauga River Reg Water Auth.

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Annual water quality report

Elizabethton Water Dept 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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