Public water system record
Metro Water Services
Serves Nashville, Forest Hills, Oak Hill and 2 more places, Davidson County, TN · 778,153 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 3 monitoring/reporting issues for Metro Water Services in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 3
Key facts
- Metro Water Services draws water from 2 surface water intakes.
- Record on file since 2002, with 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 2,818 lead and 76,180 unknown out of 218,530 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation 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 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Jun 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
May 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2024 | Resolved |
Full record since 2002
EPA's records for Metro Water Services go back to 2002. Before October 19, 2016 they list 2 health-based violations (2 resolved) and 3 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020s | 0 | 3 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Surface Water Treatment Rule, began February 2012, Resolved.
Show all 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Feb 1, 2012 | Resolved |
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
|
Jul 1, 2005 | Resolved |
Where the water comes from
Metro Water Services draws water from 2 surface water intakes. 1 other community water system buys water from Metro Water Services. 1 other public water system has a seasonal connection to Metro Water Services.
Community systems that buy water from it
- Brentwood Water Department Brentwood, TN
Annual water quality report
Metro Water Services 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.
Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search
Testing your own water
To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by Tennessee.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells