Community Water System · PWS TN0000233
Etowah Utilities
Operator location Etowah, Tennessee - larger served population (> 3,309) at 12,851 people served; 42 SDWIS violations on record from surface water sources.
- 12,851
- People served (this PWS)
- 42
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 3
- Health-based (this PWS)
- No PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Etowah Utilities standing, mid SDWIS violation third
12,851 people served (SDWIS) - larger served population (> 3,309). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 7% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #3,909 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Etowah Utilities lands in the middle third by violation volume (42), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (12,851; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 7% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.
- #3,909 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #119 of 436
- Population · TN
- 42
- Total EPA violations on record
- 7%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 5,203
- County
- McMinn
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 3
- Monitoring Violations
- 32
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 10 | 2003 |
| E. COLI | MR | 9 | 2009 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 5 | 1999 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 4 | 2021 |
| TTHM | MR | 4 | 2021 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MCL | 3 | 2002 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 3 | 1992 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 2 | 1995 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Etowah Utilities has 42 recorded EPA violations, 52% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 48% carry more. 7% of this system's own violations are health-based (3 of 42), and it ranks #3,909 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
42 Around the middle fewer violations than 48% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)
Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 0 of 116 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFNA | 8/6/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 8/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 8/6/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 8/6/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 8/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 8/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 8/6/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 8/6/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 8/6/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 8/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 8/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 8/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 8/6/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 8/6/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 8/6/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 8/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 8/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 8/6/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 8/6/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 8/6/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 8/6/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 8/6/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 8/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 8/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 8/6/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 8/6/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 8/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 8/6/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 8/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 5/7/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 5/7/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 5/7/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 5/7/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 5/7/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 5/7/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 5/7/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 5/7/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 5/7/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 5/7/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 5/7/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 5/7/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 5/7/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 5/7/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 5/7/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 5/7/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 5/7/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 5/7/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 5/7/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 5/7/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 5/7/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Population served record for Etowah Utilities
EPA SDWIS lists 12,851 people served and 5,203 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation, Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
42 violations · 12,851 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems near this violation count
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems with similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Etowah Utilities
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
- See how every tracked system in Tennessee compares on the same EPA violation measures. Tennessee systems
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