Public water system record
Wartrace Water System
Serves an area of Bedford County, TN that includes Wartrace and Normandy · 3,983 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 5 monitoring/reporting issues for Wartrace Water System in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 5
Key facts
- Wartrace Water System buys its water from Tullahoma Utilities Authority.
- Most recent enforcement action: boil water order by Tennessee, March 2023.
- Record on file since 1984, with 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 69 unknown out of 1,508 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation 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 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2025 | Active |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2024 | Active |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Apr 13, 2018 | Active |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Feb 1, 2017 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
|
Full record since 1984
EPA's records for Wartrace Water System go back to 1984. Before October 19, 2016 they list 4 health-based violations (3 resolved, 1 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 40 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 1 |
| 1990s | 2 | 36 |
| 2000s | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 1 | 0 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020s | 0 | 2 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform (acute), began June 2011, Resolved.
Show all 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jun 1, 2011 | Resolved |
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
|
Apr 1, 2008 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 1994 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Feb 1, 1993 | Archived |
Enforcement actions
Tennessee regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Wartrace Water System and issued 3 boil water orders between 1994 and 2023. The most recent was a boil water order in March 2023.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2023 | Tennessee | Boil water order | 1 violation |
| Jun 21, 2011 | Tennessee | Boil water order | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Apr 1, 2008 | Tennessee | Boil water order | 1 violation (1 health-based): Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Aug 31, 1994 | Tennessee | Signed compliance agreement | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Aug 16, 1994 | Tennessee | Signed compliance agreement | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
Where the water comes from
Wartrace Water System buys its water from Tullahoma Utilities Authority. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. 1 other community water system buys water from Wartrace Water System.
Buys water from
- Tullahoma Utilities Authority Tullahoma, TN
Community systems that buy water from it
- Bell Buckle Water System Bell Buckle, TN
Annual water quality report
Wartrace 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
To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by Tennessee.
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