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Johnson City Water Dept

Serves an area of Washington County and Sullivan County, TN that includes Johnson City, Oak Grove, Spurgeon and 2 more places · 105,057 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 5 monitoring/reporting issues for Johnson City Water Dept in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.

  • TN0000331
  • JOHNSON CITY
  • TN
  • 105,057 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 37601
EPA system ID TN0000331

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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

  • Johnson City Water Dept draws water from 1 surface water intake and 1 spring.
  • Record on file since 1978, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 22,270 unknown out of 46,701 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
Public Notice
OTHER
 Feb 4, 2023 Active
2,4-D
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2021 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
LASSO
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2021 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Atrazine
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2021 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Simazine
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2021 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.

Full record since 1978

EPA's records for Johnson City Water Dept go back to 1978. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 17 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1970s 0 6
1980s 0 8
2000s 0 3
2020s 0 5

Where the water comes from

Johnson City Water Dept draws water from 1 surface water intake and 1 spring. 1 other community water system buys water from Johnson City Water Dept. 2 other public water systems have emergency connections to Johnson City Water Dept.

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Johnson City 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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