Public water system record
Samburg Utility District
Serves an area of Obion County, TN that includes Samburg · 736 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 11 monitoring/reporting issues for Samburg Utility District in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 11
Key facts
- Samburg Utility District buys its water from Hornbeak Utility District.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Tennessee, October 2023.
- Record on file since 1996, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 321 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2021 |
Active
Enforcement action in place
|
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Feb 1, 2020 |
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, 2020 |
Active
Enforcement action in place
|
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Oct 27, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Nov 28, 2018 |
Active
Enforcement action in place
|
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2018 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
|
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2018 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
|
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Active |
Full record since 1996
EPA's records for Samburg Utility District go back to 1996. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 27 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 | 4 |
| 2000s | 0 | 15 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 8 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 6 |
| 2020s | 0 | 5 |
Enforcement actions
Tennessee regulators took 4 formal enforcement actions against Samburg Utility District between 2001 and 2023, filed as 5 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in October 2023.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2023 | Tennessee | Compliance order with a penalty | 9 violations: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Lead and Copper Rule, Consumer Confidence Rule, Public Notice |
| May 5, 2011 | Tennessee | Signed compliance agreement | 4 violations: Total Coliform, Chlorine |
| Aug 5, 2008 | Tennessee | Compliance order with a penalty | 3 violations: Chlorine, Total Coliform |
| Aug 7, 2001 | Tennessee | Compliance order with a penalty | 2 violations: Consumer Confidence Rule, Total Coliform |
Where the water comes from
Samburg Utility District buys its water from Hornbeak Utility District. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.
Buys water from
- Hornbeak Utility District Hornbeak, TN
Annual water quality report
Samburg 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
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