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Jamestown Water Dept

Serves Jamestown, Fentress County, TN · 3,078 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 3 monitoring/reporting issues for Jamestown Water Dept in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.

  • TN0000324
  • JAMESTOWN
  • TN
  • 3,078 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 38556
EPA system ID TN0000324

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
3

Key facts

  • Jamestown Water Dept draws water from 1 surface water intake.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by Tennessee, October 2011.
  • Record on file since 1993, with 11 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 1,223 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
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2025 Active
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2024 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Jul 1, 2024 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.

Full record since 1993

EPA's records for Jamestown Water Dept go back to 1993. Before October 19, 2016 they list 11 health-based violations (10 resolved, 1 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 31 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 1 25
2000s 10 4
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 2
2020s 0 3

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), began July 2006, Resolved.

Show all 11 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.06092 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Jul 1, 2006 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.07911 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2006 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.086 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.4 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2006 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.07724 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2005 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.0764 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2005 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.0804 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Jan 1, 2003 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.0654 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2003 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.068 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2002 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.085 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2002 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.0614 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Jul 1, 2002 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Apr 1, 1994 Archived

Enforcement actions

Tennessee regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Jamestown Water Dept between 2008 and 2011. The most recent was a signed compliance agreement in October 2011.

Date By Action Violations covered
Oct 11, 2011 Tennessee Signed compliance agreement 1 violation: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Oct 7, 2008 Tennessee Compliance order with a penalty 12 violations (10 health-based): Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule, Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Total Coliform

Where the water comes from

Jamestown Water Dept draws water from 1 surface water intake. 1 other community water system buys water from Jamestown Water Dept.

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Jamestown 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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