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Whiteville Water Dept

Serves Whiteville, Hardeman County, TN · 1,440 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 21 monitoring/reporting issues for Whiteville Water Dept in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.

  • TN0000748
  • WHITEVILLE
  • TN
  • 1,440 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 38075
EPA system ID TN0000748

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
21

Key facts

  • Whiteville Water Dept draws water from 3 wells.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Tennessee, October 2023.
  • Record on file since 1994, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 571 unknown out of 613 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
Public Notice
OTHER
 Jun 18, 2023 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2023 Active
Enforcement action in place
Groundwater Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Sep 1, 2022 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2022 Active
Enforcement action in place
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2022 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2022 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2022 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Groundwater Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2022 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2022 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2021 Active
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Mar 1, 2021 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2021 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2020 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2020 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2020 Active
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2019 Active
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jun 1, 2018 Active
Public Notice
OTHER
 Aug 13, 2017 Active
LASSO
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2014 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Atrazine
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2014 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Picloram
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2014 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.

Full record since 1994

EPA's records for Whiteville Water Dept go back to 1994. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 14 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 3
2000s 0 7
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 4
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 3
2020s 0 15

Enforcement actions

Tennessee regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Whiteville Water Dept in 2023. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in October 2023.

Date By Action Violations covered
Oct 6, 2023 Tennessee Compliance order with a penalty 9 violations: Groundwater Rule, Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Consumer Confidence Rule, Public Notice, Lead and Copper Rule

Where the water comes from

Whiteville Water Dept draws water from 3 wells.

Annual water quality report

Whiteville Water Dept 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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