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Lenoir City Utility Board

Serves an area of Loudon County, TN that includes Lenoir City · 34,786 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 3 monitoring/reporting issues for Lenoir City Utility Board in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule violation.

  • TN0000396
  • LENOIR CITY
  • TN
  • 34,786 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 37771
EPA system ID TN0000396

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
3

Key facts

  • Lenoir City Utility Board draws water from 1 surface water intake and 1 spring.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Tennessee, February 2009.
  • Record on file since 1978, with 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 502 unknown out of 13,755 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.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 120 Apr 1, 2019 Resolved No

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
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2021 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2020 Active

Full record since 1978

EPA's records for Lenoir City Utility Board go back to 1978. Before October 19, 2016 they list 2 health-based violations (2 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 38 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1970s 0 6
1980s 2 16
1990s 0 1
2000s 0 15
October 19, 2016 to 2019 1 0
2020s 0 3

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), began January 1989, Archived.

Show all 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 1, 1989 Archived
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 1988 Archived

Enforcement actions

Tennessee regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Lenoir City Utility Board in 2009. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in February 2009.

Date By Action Violations covered
Feb 3, 2009 Tennessee Compliance order with a penalty 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

What the violations mean

Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule

1 incident

The system failed required surface water treatment or filtration standards

Untreated or inadequately treated surface water can contain bacteria and viruses

Where the water comes from

Lenoir City Utility Board draws water from 1 surface water intake and 1 spring. It also buys water from First U.D. of Knox County. 1 other community water system buys water from Lenoir City Utility Board.

Buys water from

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Lenoir City Utility Board 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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