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Spring City Water System

Serves Spring City, Rhea County, TN · 2,985 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 3 monitoring/reporting issues for Spring City Water System in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule violation.

  • TN0000656
  • SPRING CITY
  • TN
  • 2,985 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 37381
EPA system ID TN0000656

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
3

Key facts

  • Spring City Water System draws water from 1 surface water intake.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by Tennessee, November 2012.
  • Record on file since 1991, with 16 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 164 unknown out of 1,065 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
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 120 Jan 2, 2012 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, 2024 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2018 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2018 Resolved

Full record since 1991

EPA's records for Spring City Water System go back to 1991. Before October 19, 2016 they list 16 health-based violations (11 resolved, 5 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 39 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 14 24
2000s 1 5
2010 to October 18, 2016 1 10
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 2
2020s 0 1

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule, began January 2012, Resolved.

Show all 16 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 2, 2012 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Feb 1, 2003 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 1995 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Dec 1, 1994 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Nov 1, 1994 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Oct 1, 1994 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Sep 1, 1994 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Aug 1, 1994 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jul 1, 1994 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jun 1, 1994 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 May 1, 1994 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Apr 1, 1994 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Mar 1, 1994 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Feb 1, 1994 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 1994 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Dec 1, 1993 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Tennessee regulators took 3 formal enforcement actions against Spring City Water System between 1994 and 2012, filed as 21 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a signed compliance agreement in November 2012.

Date By Action Violations covered
Nov 30, 2012 Tennessee Signed compliance agreement 7 violations: Chlorine, E. coli, Total Coliform
Nov 21, 1994 Tennessee Administrative penalty 10 violations (10 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule
Nov 21, 1994 Tennessee Compliance order with a penalty 10 violations (10 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule

What the violations mean

Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule

1 incident

The system failed required surface water treatment or filtration standards

Untreated or inadequately treated surface water can contain bacteria and viruses

Where the water comes from

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

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Spring City 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.

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

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