Tennessee
Polk County drinking water quality
19 active public water systems serve 8,692 people in Polk County. 11 are compliant, 8 had at least one EPA violation in the past three years, 0 are designated serious violators, and 0 carry a health flag.
Community water systems
4 systems, largest first| System | Serves | Status | Rules violated, 3 yr | Unresolved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Copper Basin Utility District Turtletown |
2,710 | 1 | 1 | |
|
Benton Water System Benton |
2,580 | 1 | 1 | |
|
Copperhill Water Dept |
1,217 | 1 | 1 | |
|
Cherokee Hills U.d. Copperhill |
258 | 2 | 1 |
Non-community systems (15: schools, campgrounds, workplaces, restaurants)
These systems serve places people visit rather than homes.
| System | Serves | Status | Rules violated, 3 yr | Unresolved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Chilhowee Usfs |
568 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Mac Point Usfs |
200 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Ocoee Adventure Center |
150 | 1 | 0 | |
|
Thunder Rock #2 Cmpg Usfs |
150 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Webb Brothers |
150 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Parksville Lake Usfs |
129 | 2 | 0 | |
|
Eagle Ranch Adventure Co., Inc. |
100 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Whitewater Express, INC |
100 | 1 | 0 | |
|
Camp Cherokee-Polk CO |
75 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Wildwater Limited |
75 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Fairview Bapt Church-Reliance |
50 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Hiwassee Outfitters |
50 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Raft One Whitewater |
50 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Reliance Fly and Tackle Reliance |
50 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Mona & Larry's |
30 | 1 | 1 |
Inactive systems (66, no longer operating or reporting)
Kept for the record and excluded from the county totals above. Browse inactive systems.
About this data
Totals cover active systems. Systems serving more than one county are counted in each county. EPA counts the rules a system was in violation of, not the individual violations; one rule can carry several.
Source: the U.S. EPA's Enforcement and Compliance History Online system (ECHO), which publishes the federal Safe Drinking Water Information System. EPA's terms and values are shown as published. The Tennessee records are from EPA's data refresh of Oct 7, 2026; EPA refreshes this data quarterly, and states report to EPA with a lag of three to six months, so the newest violations may not appear yet. Retrieved from ECHO on Oct 11, 2026.