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TN · Tap water records
Shelbyville tap water, in plain English
Here is what the EPA's own data shows about tap water in Shelbyville. According to EPA SDWIS data retrieved June 2026, Shelbyville is served by 3 active community water systems, together reported to serve about 58,300 people.
As of June 2026, EPA records show 60 violations across the community water system(s) serving Shelbyville, going back to the earliest EPA record. 40 of these are classified by the EPA as health-based (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks); the rest are monitoring or reporting violations. Each is listed by system below, with its status.
What the EPA has on record, by system
Shelbyville Water System
34,772 served · surface water · PWSID TN0000628 - Monitoring Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in July 2005. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
Bedford County U.D.
22,908 served · surface water · PWSID TN0000517 - Health-based Chlorine dioxide: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 3 times between October 2022 and August 2023. The EPA record for these does not include a measured level. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Health-based Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 29 times between September 2020 and April 2023. The EPA record for these does not include a measured level. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Health-based Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 8 times between July 2015 and January 2018. The EPA record for these does not include a measured level. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Consumer Confidence Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 5 times between July 2002 and July 2022. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring TTHM: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Atrazine: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times between July 2015 and January 2016. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Lead and Copper Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in October 2002. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
Shelbyville Flat Creek W.S.
620 served · surface water · PWSID TN0008272 - Monitoring Consumer Confidence Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in July 2025. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
What this means
A health-based violation means a contaminant was recorded above the limit the EPA tracks for it. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was late or missed — not that a contaminant was measured above a limit. “Returned to compliance” means the EPA recorded the issue as resolved.
This page summarizes the EPA's own records and does not assess whether your water is safe to drink. For the most current details, you can verify every record directly with the EPA, and contact your water system with questions.
Source: U.S. EPA Envirofacts SDWIS, retrieved June 2026. Records cover the EPA's full reporting history for these systems. Verify at EPA ECHO.