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Surgoinsville Utility District

Serves Surgoinsville, Hawkins County, TN · 2,609 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 8 monitoring/reporting issues for Surgoinsville Utility District in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) violation.

  • TN0000682
  • SURGOINSVILLE
  • TN
  • 2,609 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater under direct influence
ZIP 37873
EPA system ID TN0000682

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
8

Key facts

  • Surgoinsville Utility District draws water from 1 well and 1 spring.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), 0.082 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit), 2017.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Tennessee, February 2016.
  • Record on file since 1990, with 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 483 unknown out of 1,135 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 0.082 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Jul 1, 2017 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, 2017 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Dec 1, 2013 Active
Enforcement action in place
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2013 Active
Enforcement action in place
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Sep 1, 2013 Active
Enforcement action in place
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2013 Active
Enforcement action in place
Public Notice
OTHER
 Mar 14, 2013 Active
Enforcement action in place
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Mar 1, 2013 Active
Enforcement action in place
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2013 Active
Enforcement action in place

Full record since 1990

EPA's records for Surgoinsville Utility District go back to 1990. Before October 19, 2016 they list 3 health-based violations (3 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 18 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 1 1
2000s 0 6
2010 to October 18, 2016 2 11
October 19, 2016 to 2019 1 1

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), began July 2015, Archived.

Show all 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.111 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.4 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2015 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Dec 1, 2012 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Sep 1, 1996 Archived

Enforcement actions

Tennessee regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Surgoinsville Utility District in 2016. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in February 2016.

Date By Action Violations covered
Feb 29, 2016 Tennessee Compliance order with a penalty 11 violations (2 health-based): Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule, Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Surface Water Treatment Rule, Public Notice

What the violations mean

Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

1 incident

Disinfection byproduct levels exceeded the federal limit

Long-term TTHM exposure may increase bladder cancer risk

Where the water comes from

Surgoinsville Utility District draws water from 1 well and 1 spring.

Annual water quality report

Surgoinsville 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

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