Public water system · TN0004992
ActiveBlues City Brewery, LLC
At a glance
Blues City Brewery, LLC (PWSID TN0004992) is an active non-transient non-community water system in Shelby County, Tennessee. It reports serving 800 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2023.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
800
Service connections
1
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
NTNCWS
Non-transient non-community water system
System record
How does Blues City Brewery, LLC compare with other water systems in Shelby County?
By EPA's size categories, Blues City Brewery, LLC is a small system (501 to 3,300 people). Shelby County has 10 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 82,345 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 823,454 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Tennessee, the 1,383 active systems average 5,780 people each. Nationally, the average active non-transient non-community water system reports serving 430 people, so Blues City Brewery, LLC is about 86% above that figure.
What does “non-transient non-community water system” mean?
A non-transient non-community water system regularly serves at least 25 of the same people for more than six months a year, but not where they live. Schools, factories, office buildings and hospitals with their own supply are typical examples. Tennessee has 42 active non-transient non-community water systems, 3% of the state's 1,383 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 1,038 Tennessee systems (75%) list groundwater as their primary source.
Who owns and regulates Blues City Brewery, LLC?
EPA lists Blues City Brewery, LLC as privately owned. The TN state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 4 of the 10 active systems in Shelby County (40%) are also privately owned.
Does Blues City Brewery, LLC have drinking water violations?
Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2023. The violations listed here began between April 2012 and July 2023. By type: 11 monitoring and reporting and 1 monitoring. The contaminants or rules involved are Revised Total Coliform Rule, Lead and Copper Rule, Haloacetic acids (HAA5) and Total trihalomethanes (TTHM). EPA lists 10 as resolved and 2 as archived. Resolved means at least one resolving action is on record: the system returned to compliance, the rule no longer applies, or no further action was needed. Archived means the violation was not marked resolved but is more than five years past the end of the noncompliance period, so it no longer counts toward current compliance status.
| Began | Violation | Contaminant or rule | Health-based | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
| 2022-06-01 | Monitoring and reportingFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/R · code 52 | Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000 | No | Resolved |
| 2020-07-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27 | Haloacetic acids (HAA5)code 2456 | No | Archived |
| 2020-07-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27 | Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)code 2950 | No | Archived |
| 2014-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Alachlor (Lasso)code 2051 | No | Resolved |
| 2014-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Picloramcode 2040 | No | Resolved |
| 2014-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Atrazinecode 2050 | No | Resolved |
| 2012-04-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | 1,1,1-Trichloroethanecode 2981 | No | Resolved |
| 2012-04-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Xylenes, Totalcode 2955 | No | Resolved |
| 2012-04-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | 1,1-Dichloroethylenecode 2977 | No | Resolved |
| 2012-04-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Trichloroethylenecode 2984 | No | Resolved |
| 2012-04-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | cis-1,2-Dichloroethylenecode 2380 | No | Resolved |
The 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, newest first.Labels and codes come from EPA's SDWIS reference tables. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found. "Health-based" marks violations of a legal limit or required treatment.
Blues City Brewery, LLC: frequently asked questions
Who runs Blues City Brewery, LLC?
Blues City Brewery, LLC (PWSID TN0004992) is a non-transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the TN state drinking water program.
How many people does Blues City Brewery, LLC serve?
Blues City Brewery, LLC reports serving 800 people through 1 service connection in Shelby County, Tennessee.
Where does Blues City Brewery, LLC get its water?
EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers.
Does Blues City Brewery, LLC have any drinking water violations?
Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2023. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found.
Is Blues City Brewery, LLC's water safe to drink?
AquaCensus shows EPA compliance records, not current water test results, so it cannot say whether the water is safe at a given moment. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2023. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the TN state drinking water program.
Where can I find Blues City Brewery, LLC's water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Blues City Brewery, LLC is a non-transient non-community water system, so it is not required to publish one; like every public water system, it must notify the people it serves about violations under EPA's public notification rules.
Other water systems in Shelby County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memphis Light, Gas, & Water | Shelby | 659,500 | Community | Groundwater |
| Bartlett Water System | Shelby | 57,129 | Community | Groundwater |
| Collierville Water Dept | Shelby | 51,972 | Community | Groundwater |
| Germantown Water Dept | Shelby | 37,738 | Community | Groundwater |
| Millington Water Dept | Shelby | 8,935 | Community | Groundwater |
| Nsa - Midsouth | Shelby | 7,000 | Community | Groundwater |
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About this data
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and SDWA violation records, via EPA ECHO, as published October 1, 2026 — AquaCensus refreshes it quarterly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: AquaCensus, “Blues City Brewery, LLC, PWSID TN0004992, Tennessee”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/tennessee/blues-city-brewery-llc-tn0004992 (data as of October 1, 2026).