Question 1

Is Vanleer Water Department water safe to drink?

Accepted Answer

Vanleer Water Department (PWS ID: TN0000724) has 153 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. EPA SDWIS lists this system's service population as 3,831 people using Surface Water sources.

Question 2

How many people does Vanleer Water Department serve?

Accepted Answer

EPA SDWIS reports that Vanleer Water Department serves 3,831 people (this public water system's service population, not the municipal population of Vanleer or any other city). It is a Local-owned system using Surface Water water sources with 1,424 service connections. The operator address is listed in Vanleer, Tennessee.

Question 3

What type of violations does Vanleer Water Department have?

Accepted Answer

Vanleer Water Department has 153 total violations: 7 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 133 monitoring/reporting violations, and 7 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.

Question 4

Has PFAS been detected in Vanleer Water Department water?

Accepted Answer

No PFAS testing data is available for Vanleer Water Department under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

Question 5

What water source does Vanleer Water Department use?

Accepted Answer

Vanleer Water Department uses Surface Water as its primary water source. It is classified as a Community Water System (CWS), serving residential populations year-round.

Question 6

Where does this data come from?

Accepted Answer

All data comes from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and the UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program. SDWIS tracks compliance for all public water systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Question 7

Where does Vanleer Water Department sit among U.S. public water systems?

Accepted Answer

According to EPA SDWIS population_served among sitemap-advertised systems (serving 500+), Vanleer Water Department ranks #9,128 of 29,740 by people served, and #266 of 436 in Tennessee. Ordinals use population_served DESC among systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). See /methodology#corpus-placement.

Question 8

How does Vanleer Water Department's violation count compare nationally?

Accepted Answer

Vanleer Water Department has 153 recorded EPA SDWIS violations, fewer than 19% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500 or more people nationwide (the same sitemap cohort used for the corpus-placement ranking above). 81% of that cohort has fewer violations than Vanleer Water Department. A system can have zero recorded violations and still be actively monitored, and a high violation count often reflects a system that reports thoroughly, not necessarily one with worse water.

Contaminant	Category	Count	Latest
Coliform (TCR)	MR	21	2009
Atrazine	MR	14	2007
Endrin	MR	12	2007
Glyphosate	MR	12	2007
LASSO	MR	12	2007
Simazine	MR	12	2007
Radium-226	MR	8	2007
Radium-228	MR	8	2007
Gross Beta Particle Activity	MR	8	2007
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule	Other	8	2018
Surface Water Treatment Rule	TT	7	1994
E. COLI	MR	6	2009
Nitrate	MR	4	2007
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	MR	4	2011
Chlorine	MR	4	2009
TTHM	MR	4	2011
Consumer Confidence Rule	Other	2	2012
Surface Water Treatment Rule	MR	2	1993
Carbofuran	MR	2	1998

Vanleer Water Department

Vanleer Water Department standing, high SDWIS violation third

System Details

Violation History

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Population served record for Vanleer Water Department

Nationwide peers

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load

Cross-state systems with similar served population