Is West Knox Utility District Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Surface water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Knox

Compliance record

Formal violations the EPA has on file for this supplier. A health-based violation means a contaminant limit or a required treatment was breached; the rest are monitoring or reporting failures — still violations, but not a measured health risk.

health-based violations

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2017-04-01 → 2017-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2017-04-01 → 2017-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2017-04-01 → 2017-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2017-04-01 → 2017-06-30
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2021-07-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2021-07-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2016-07-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2016-07-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2016-07-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2016-07-01

Other contaminants detected

Each bar shows the measured level as a share of the EPA limit: green is well under, amber is close to it, red is over. For lead and copper the limit applies to exactly the 90th-percentile figure shown, so red there means a real exceedance. For everything else the limit applies to a running annual average while the figure is the 95th percentile of this system's samples — over 100% is worth reading, but is not by itself a violation. Where a single sample came in higher than that percentile, it is noted under the bar. Formal violations are listed separately.

Contaminant	Level vs EPA limit	Detection rate	Source	Period
TTHM	71.93 µg/L 90% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 84.9 µg/L	98/98	SYR4	2014–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	63.665 µg/L 106% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 60 µg/L worst single sample: 92.3 µg/L	98/98	SYR4	2014–2019
Nitrate	698.9 µg/L 7% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 701 µg/L	24/24	SYR4	2014–2019
Lead	0.0010 mg/L 6.7% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	10/10	LCR	2025

56 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane11Cl-PF3OUdS2,4-D4:2 Fts6:2 Fts8:2 Fts9Cl-PF3ONSAdonaAtrazineBenzeneChlorobenzeneCarbon TetrachlorideDichloromethaneEthylbenzeneGross Alpha, Excl. Radon And UHfpo-DaNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPicloramSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneTolueneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: REESE, JIM
Phone: 865-690-2521
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about West Knox Utility District

Is West Knox Utility District tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 4 contaminants in West Knox Utility District's water. A detection isn't the same as a violation — most levels are within federal limits. See each level and source above, and the utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report for its official compliance status.

What contaminants were detected in West Knox Utility District's water?

EPA monitoring detected TTHM, Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Nitrate, Lead. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does West Knox Utility District serve?

West Knox Utility District reports serving 77,825 people in Tennessee, per its EPA record.

Has West Knox Utility District had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 11 violations on file for West Knox Utility District, of which 4 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 0 remain open. The rest are monitoring or reporting failures.

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is official EPA drinking-water monitoring — the Lead & Copper Rule, the UCMR-5 nationwide testing program, and the EPA Six-Year Review — not our own testing. Each number is labelled with its source and period.