Public water system record
Fayetteville Public Utilities
Serves an area of Lincoln County, TN that includes Fayetteville · 13,908 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for Fayetteville Public 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
- 0
Key facts
- Fayetteville Public Utilities draws water from 1 surface water intake.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Tennessee, October 2009.
- Record on file since 1982, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 5,179 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, and no monitoring or reporting violations either.
Full record since 1982
EPA's records for Fayetteville Public Utilities go back to 1982. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 16 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1 | 8 |
| 1990s | 0 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0 | 6 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U, began October 1987, Archived.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1987 | Archived |
Enforcement actions
Tennessee regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Fayetteville Public Utilities in 2009. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in October 2009.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 2009 | Tennessee | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule |
Where the water comes from
Fayetteville Public Utilities draws water from 1 surface water intake. 3 other community water systems buy water from Fayetteville Public Utilities.
Community systems that buy water from it
- Lincoln Co B.P.U. #1 Fayetteville, TN
- Lincoln Co B.P.U. #2 Fayetteville, TN
- Petersburg Water System Petersburg, TN
Annual water quality report
Fayetteville Public 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