Community Water System · PWS TN0000531
Cumberland Utility District
Operator location Harriman, Tennessee - UCMR5 detected 1 PFAS compound (lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds)) on this PWS; SDWIS lists 128 violations and 10,957 people served.
- 10,957
- People served (this PWS)
- 128
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 18
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 1 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Cumberland Utility District standing, high SDWIS violation third
UCMR5 detected 1 PFAS compound - lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 14% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds). Population rank #4,393 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Cumberland Utility District sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (128), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (10,957; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 14% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 detected 1 PFAS compound (lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds)).
- #4,393 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #135 of 436
- Population · TN
- 128
- Total EPA violations on record
- 14%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
1 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 4,509
- County
- Roane
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 13
- Monitoring Violations
- 78
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 5
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 15 | 2023 |
| Public Notice | Other | 15 | 2023 |
| TTHM | MCL | 13 | 2023 |
| Chlorine | MR | 13 | 2024 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 13 | 2024 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 12 | 2024 |
| CARBON, TOTAL | MR | 8 | 2024 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 6 | 2022 |
| Nitrate | MR | 5 | 2022 |
| Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 5 | 2019 |
| TTHM | MR | 4 | 2023 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 4 | 2023 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 4 | 2024 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | RPT | 4 | 2024 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Cumberland Utility District has 128 recorded EPA violations, 78% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 22% carry more. 14% of this system's own violations are health-based (18 of 128), and it ranks #4,393 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)
128 Higher than most more violations than 78% 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. 1 of 116 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFHxA | 9/9/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 9/9/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 9/9/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 9/9/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 9/9/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 9/9/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 9/9/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 9/9/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 9/9/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 9/9/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 9/9/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 9/9/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 9/9/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 9/9/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 9/9/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 9/9/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 9/9/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 9/9/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 9/9/2025 | 5.60 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFMBA | 9/9/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 9/9/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 9/9/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 9/9/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 9/9/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 9/9/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 9/9/2025 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 9/9/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 9/9/2025 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 9/9/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 7/1/2025 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 7/1/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 7/1/2025 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 7/1/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 6/9/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 6/9/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 6/9/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 6/9/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 6/9/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 6/9/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 6/9/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 6/9/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 6/9/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 6/9/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 6/9/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 6/9/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 6/9/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 6/9/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 6/9/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 6/9/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 6/9/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
UCMR5 PFAS record for Cumberland Utility District
Open EPA SDWIS federal reports for PWS TN0000531 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
128 violations · 10,957 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems with comparable violation load
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 Cumberland Utility District
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