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Mooresburg Utility District

Serves an area of Hawkins County, TN that includes Mooresburg · 1,844 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 6 monitoring/reporting issues for Mooresburg Utility District in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule violation.

  • TN0000472
  • MOORESBURG
  • TN
  • 1,844 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 37811
EPA system ID TN0000472

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
Yes
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
6

Key facts

  • Mooresburg Utility District draws water from 1 spring.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Tennessee, January 2018.
  • Record on file since 1979, with 11 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 695 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
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 120 Jun 1, 2017 Resolved Yes

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, 2024 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2023 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2022 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Dec 1, 2018 Active
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2016 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2016 Resolved

Full record since 1979

EPA's records for Mooresburg Utility District go back to 1979. Before October 19, 2016 they list 11 health-based violations (11 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 37 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1970s 0 8
1980s 0 10
1990s 11 7
2000s 0 4
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 8
October 19, 2016 to 2019 1 1
2020s 0 3

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Surface Water Treatment Rule, began June 1996, Archived.

Show all 11 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jun 1, 1996 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 May 1, 1996 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Apr 1, 1996 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Mar 1, 1996 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Feb 1, 1996 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 1996 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Dec 1, 1995 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Oct 1, 1995 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jun 1, 1994 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Apr 1, 1994 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Mar 1, 1994 Archived

Enforcement actions

Tennessee regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Mooresburg Utility District and issued 1 boil water order between 1996 and 2018, filed as 11 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in January 2018.

Date By Action Violations covered
Jan 5, 2018 Tennessee Compliance order with a penalty 9 violations (1 health-based): Chlorine, Total Coliform, Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule, Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Jun 6, 2017 Tennessee Boil water order 1 violation (1 health-based): Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Apr 3, 1996 Tennessee Signed compliance agreement 9 violations (8 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule, Total Coliform

What the violations mean

Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule

1 incident

The system did not meet a filtration or treatment requirement for surface water

Inadequate treatment of surface water can let pathogens such as Cryptosporidium and Giardia through

Where the water comes from

Mooresburg Utility District draws water from 1 spring. It also buys water from Bean Station Utility District.

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Annual water quality report

Mooresburg Utility District 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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