Public water system record
Etowah Utilities
Serves an area of McMinn County and Polk County, TN that includes Etowah and Delano · 12,851 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Etowah Utilities in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 2
Key facts
- Etowah Utilities draws water from 1 surface water intake.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Tennessee, December 1999.
- Record on file since 1992, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 3,679 unknown out of 5,976 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2021 | Resolved |
Full record since 1992
EPA's records for Etowah Utilities go back to 1992. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 9 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 | 5 |
| 2000s | 1 | 4 |
| 2020s | 0 | 2 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), began October 2002, Resolved.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.0648 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
|
Oct 1, 2002 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Tennessee regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Etowah Utilities in 1999. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in December 1999.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2, 1999 | Tennessee | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
Where the water comes from
Etowah Utilities draws water from 1 surface water intake. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Etowah Utilities.
Annual water quality report
Etowah Utilities 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.
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