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Gallaway Water Dept

Serves an area of Fayette County, TN that includes Gallaway and Braden · 1,158 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 5 monitoring/reporting issues for Gallaway Water Dept in the last ten years.

  • TN0000254
  • GALLAWAY
  • TN
  • 1,158 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 38036
EPA system ID TN0000254

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

Key facts

  • Gallaway Water Dept draws water from 2 wells.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by Tennessee, October 2001.
  • Record on file since 1995, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 529 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.

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2024 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2024 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2022 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2022 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Oct 1, 2021 Resolved

Full record since 1995

EPA's records for Gallaway Water Dept go back to 1995. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 9 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 3
2000s 0 3
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 3
2020s 0 5

Enforcement actions

Tennessee regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Gallaway Water Dept in 2001. The most recent was a signed compliance agreement in October 2001.

Date By Action Violations covered
Oct 23, 2001 Tennessee Signed compliance agreement 1 violation: Total Coliform

Where the water comes from

Gallaway Water Dept draws water from 2 wells.

Annual water quality report

Gallaway 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.

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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Testing your own water

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