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Sweetwater Utility Board

Serves an area of Monroe County, TN that includes Sweetwater · 13,597 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 6 monitoring/reporting issues for Sweetwater Utility Board in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.

  • TN0000687
  • SWEETWATER
  • TN
  • 13,597 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 37874
EPA system ID TN0000687

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
6

Key facts

  • Sweetwater Utility Board draws water from 1 surface water intake and 1 spring.
  • Record on file since 2008, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 2,564 unknown out of 5,109 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, 2025 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Oct 1, 2021 Active
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2020 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Jun 26, 2019 Active
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2018 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Apr 1, 2018 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.

Full record since 2008

EPA's records for Sweetwater Utility Board go back to 2008. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 3 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
2000s 0 1
2010 to October 18, 2016 1 2
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 3
2020s 0 3

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

Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
 Apr 1, 2016 Resolved

Where the water comes from

Sweetwater Utility Board draws water from 1 surface water intake and 1 spring. It also buys water from Tellico Area Services System.

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Annual water quality report

Sweetwater Utility Board 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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