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Perryville Utility District

Serves an area of Decatur County, TN · 3,127 people served

Federal records show 5 health-based violations and 9 monitoring/reporting issues for Perryville Utility District in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) violation.

  • TN0000543
  • PARSONS
  • TN
  • 3,127 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 38363
EPA system ID TN0000543

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
5
Resolved
5
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
9

Key facts

  • Perryville Utility District buys its water from Parsons Water Department.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), 0.099 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit), 2018.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Tennessee, January 2019.
  • Record on file since 2000, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 1,535 unknown out of 1,535 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
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.081 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Jan 1, 2019 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.092 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 220 Oct 1, 2018 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.0935 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 220 Jul 1, 2018 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.099 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 220 Apr 1, 2018 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.081 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Jan 1, 2018 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
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Jan 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2024 Active
Public Notice
OTHER
 Dec 15, 2021 Active
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2021 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2021 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2021 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2020 Active

Full record since 2000

EPA's records for Perryville Utility District go back to 2000. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 6 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
2000s 1 4
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 2
October 19, 2016 to 2019 5 0
2020s 0 9

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), began October 2009, Resolved.

Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.062 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Oct 1, 2009 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Tennessee regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Perryville Utility District in 2019. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in January 2019.

Date By Action Violations covered
Jan 17, 2019 Tennessee Compliance order with a penalty 5 violations (4 health-based): Total Coliform, Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

What the violations mean

Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

5 incidents

Disinfection byproduct levels exceeded the federal limit

Long-term TTHM exposure may increase bladder cancer risk

Where the water comes from

Perryville Utility District buys its water from Parsons Water Department. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

Perryville 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.

Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search

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