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Sparta Water System

Serves an area of White County, TN that includes Sparta and Doyle · 10,899 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Sparta Water System in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.

  • TN0000652
  • SPARTA
  • TN
  • 10,899 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 38583
EPA system ID TN0000652

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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

  • Sparta Water System draws water from 1 surface water intake.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Tennessee, November 2014.
  • Record on file since 1993, with 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 1,583 unknown out of 3,795 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
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2018 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
OTHER
 Oct 1, 2013 Active
Enforcement action in place

Full record since 1993

EPA's records for Sparta Water System go back to 1993. Before October 19, 2016 they list 4 health-based violations (3 resolved, 1 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 11 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 4
2000s 3 6
2010 to October 18, 2016 1 1
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 1

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute), began April 2013, Archived.

Show all 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
 Apr 1, 2013 Archived
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
 Feb 1, 2007 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 2007 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
 Nov 1, 2006 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Tennessee regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Sparta Water System between 2008 and 2014. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in November 2014.

Date By Action Violations covered
Nov 7, 2014 Tennessee Compliance order with a penalty 2 violations (1 health-based): Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Apr 15, 2008 Tennessee Compliance order with a penalty 9 violations (3 health-based): Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule, Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

Where the water comes from

Sparta Water System draws water from 1 surface water intake. 3 other community water systems buy water from Sparta Water System.

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Sparta 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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Testing your own water

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