Community Water System · PWS TN0000640
Sneedville U.d.
Operator location Sneedville, Tennessee - 39% of 197 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 2,607 served per SDWIS.
- 2,607
- People served (this PWS) Middle third of systems
- 197
- EPA violations (this PWS) Upper third of systems
- 76
- Health-based (this PWS) Upper third by health-based share
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS) No UCMR5 result
Sneedville U.d. standing, high SDWIS violation third
39% of 197 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 39% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #11,570 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Sneedville U.d. sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (197), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,607 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 39% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #11,570 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #308 of 436
- Population · TN
- 197
- Total EPA violations on record
- 39%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
Based on EPA SDWIS violation history and UCMR5 PFAS testing only, not water taste, odor, infrastructure age, or contaminants outside the federally tracked set.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 1,114
- County
- Hancock
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 5
- Monitoring Violations
- 112
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 71
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 66 | 1997 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 29 | 2014 |
| Chlorine | MR | 19 | 2008 |
| E. COLI | MR | 16 | 2009 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 12 | 1997 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 10 | 2008 |
| TTHM | MR | 10 | 2008 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 5 | 2008 |
| Nitrate | MR | 5 | 1999 |
| TTHM | MCL | 5 | 2008 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 3 | 2023 |
| Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 2 | 2008 |
| Arsenic | MR | 1 | 1982 |
| Fluoride | MR | 1 | 1982 |
| Chromium | MR | 1 | 1982 |
| Cadmium | MR | 1 | 1982 |
| Mercury | MR | 1 | 1982 |
| Selenium | MR | 1 | 1982 |
| Barium | MR | 1 | 1982 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 1 | 1994 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 1 | 1980 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Sneedville U.d. has 197 recorded EPA violations, 85% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 15% carry more. 39% of this system's own violations are health-based (76 of 197), and it ranks #11,570 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)
197 Higher than most more violations than 85% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
How many violations vs. how serious, among peer systems
Sneedville U.d. plotted against 29 peer public water systems (500+ people served), by total violation count (x) and the share of those violations that are health-based (y). The crosshair sits at this sample's own median on each axis. A high violation count does not automatically mean a serious record: most monitoring and reporting violations are minor, not health-based.
Violation volume vs. health-based share
Health-based violations on Sneedville U.d.
76 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for TN0000640.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation, Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
197 violations · 2,607 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 near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Sneedville U.d.
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