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Smyrna Water System

Serves Smyrna, Rutherford County, TN · 60,876 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Smyrna Water System in the last ten years.

  • TN0000639
  • SMYRNA
  • TN
  • 60,876 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 37167
EPA system ID TN0000639

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
2

Key facts

  • Smyrna Water System draws water from 1 surface water intake.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Tennessee, May 2014.
  • Record on file since 1983, with 9 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 16,752 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.

None since October 2016.

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2021 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Apr 1, 2021 Resolved

Full record since 1983

EPA's records for Smyrna Water System go back to 1983. Before October 19, 2016 they list 9 health-based violations (1 resolved, 8 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 25 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 2 0
1990s 2 1
2000s 0 24
2010 to October 18, 2016 5 0
2020s 0 2

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), began April 2013, Archived.

Show all 9 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.083 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Apr 1, 2013 Archived
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.065 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2013 Archived
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.086 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2013 Archived
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.084 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2012 Archived
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
 May 1, 2011 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Dec 1, 1999 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 1994 Archived
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 1, 1984 Archived
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 1983 Archived

Enforcement actions

Tennessee regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Smyrna Water System between 2009 and 2014. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in May 2014.

Date By Action Violations covered
May 16, 2014 Tennessee Compliance order with a penalty 5 violations (5 health-based): Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule, Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Mar 13, 2009 Tennessee Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation: Total Coliform

Where the water comes from

Smyrna Water System draws water from 1 surface water intake. 1 other community water system buys water from Smyrna Water System.

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Smyrna Water System 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.

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