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Maynardville Water Dept

Serves an area of Union County, TN that includes Maynardville · 7,940 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 7 monitoring/reporting issues for Maynardville Water Dept in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Surface Water Treatment Rule violation.

  • TN0000442
  • MAYNARDVILLE
  • TN
  • 7,940 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 37807
EPA system ID TN0000442

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
7

Key facts

  • Maynardville Water Dept draws water from 2 springs.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by Tennessee, March 2012.
  • Record on file since 1979, with 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 3,085 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
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 120 Apr 1, 2023 Resolved No

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, 2023 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2023 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2022 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2022 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2022 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Oct 1, 2021 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2021 Resolved

Full record since 1979

EPA's records for Maynardville Water Dept go back to 1979. Before October 19, 2016 they list 6 health-based violations (2 resolved, 4 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 26 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1970s 0 8
1990s 3 6
2000s 2 8
2010 to October 18, 2016 1 4
2020s 1 7

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute), began February 2012, Resolved.

Show all 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
 Feb 1, 2012 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.06737 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2006 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Mar 1, 2001 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Apr 1, 1998 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 May 1, 1995 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 May 1, 1995 Archived

Enforcement actions

Tennessee regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Maynardville Water Dept between 2009 and 2012. The most recent was a signed compliance agreement in March 2012.

Date By Action Violations covered
Mar 2, 2012 Tennessee Signed compliance agreement 5 violations (1 health-based): Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule, Surface Water Treatment Rule
May 8, 2009 Tennessee Compliance order with a penalty 2 violations: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

What the violations mean

Surface Water Treatment Rule

1 incident

The system did not complete a treatment step or action that the Surface Water Treatment Rule requires (a treatment technique violation).

The utility had to notify customers about this violation.

Where the water comes from

Maynardville Water Dept draws water from 2 springs. It also buys water from Northeast Knox U.D. and Hallsdale-Powell U.D. 1 other community water system buys water from Maynardville Water Dept.

Buys water from

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Maynardville 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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