Community Water System · PWS TN0000491
Murfreesboro Water Department
Operator location Murfreesboro, Tennessee - UCMR5 detected 5 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)) on this PWS; SDWIS lists 34 violations and 111,365 people served.
- 111,365
- People served (this PWS)
- 34
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 4
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 5 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Murfreesboro Water Department standing, mid SDWIS violation third
UCMR5 detected 5 PFAS compounds - upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 12% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Population rank #426 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Murfreesboro Water Department lands in the middle third by violation volume (34), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (111,365; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 12% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 detected 5 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)).
- #426 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #9 of 436
- Population · TN
- 34
- Total EPA violations on record
- 12%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
5 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 40,204
- County
- Rutherford
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 4
- Monitoring Violations
- 23
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine | MR | 5 | 2008 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 5 | 2008 |
| Atrazine | MR | 5 | 2006 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | Other | 4 | 2017 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 4 | 2022 |
| TTHM | MR | 4 | 2022 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MCL | 4 | 2023 |
| Public Notice | Other | 2 | 2023 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Murfreesboro Water Department has 34 recorded EPA violations, 46% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 54% carry more. 12% of this system's own violations are health-based (4 of 34), and it ranks #426 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)
34 Lower than most fewer violations than 54% 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. 5 of 116 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 8/10/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 8/10/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 8/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 8/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 8/10/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 8/10/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 8/10/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 8/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 8/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 8/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 8/10/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 8/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 8/10/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 8/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 8/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 8/10/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 8/10/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 8/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 8/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 8/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 8/10/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 8/10/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 8/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 8/10/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 8/10/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 8/10/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 8/10/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 8/10/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 8/10/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 5/30/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 5/30/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 5/30/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 5/30/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 5/30/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 5/30/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 5/30/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 5/30/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 5/30/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 5/30/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 5/30/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 5/30/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 5/30/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 5/30/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 5/30/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 5/30/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 5/30/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 5/30/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 5/30/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 5/30/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 5/30/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
UCMR5 PFAS record for Murfreesboro Water Department
Open EPA SDWIS federal reports for PWS TN0000491 to cross-check UCMR5 detections and violation codes; state primacy agencies enforce the Safe Drinking Water Act locally.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation, Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
34 violations · 111,365 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 Murfreesboro Water Department
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