Public water system · TN0005198
ActiveBriggs Brothers Ranch & Winery, LLC.
At a glance
Briggs Brothers Ranch & Winery, LLC. (PWSID TN0005198) is an active transient non-community water system in Cocke County, Tennessee. It reports serving 47 people through 24 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 4 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2024.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
47
Service connections
24
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
TNCWS
Transient non-community water system
System record
How does Briggs Brothers Ranch & Winery, LLC. compare with other water systems in Cocke County?
By EPA's size categories, Briggs Brothers Ranch & Winery, LLC. is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Cocke County has 8 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 4,678 people per system, and accounts for 0.1% of the 37,426 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Tennessee, the 1,383 active systems average 5,780 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Briggs Brothers Ranch & Winery, LLC. is well below that figure.
What does “transient non-community water system” mean?
A transient non-community water system serves places where people do not stay long, such as gas stations and campgrounds, and regularly serves at least 25 people a day for at least 60 days a year. Tennessee has 891 active transient non-community water systems, 64% 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 Briggs Brothers Ranch & Winery, LLC.?
EPA lists Briggs Brothers Ranch & Winery, 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. 5 of the 8 active systems in Cocke County (63%) are also privately owned.
Does Briggs Brothers Ranch & Winery, LLC. have drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 4 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2024. The violations listed here began between January 2020 and January 2024. By type: 3 monitoring and 1 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (3 of them). EPA lists 4 as resolved. 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.
| Began | Violation | Contaminant or rule | Health-based | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
| 2023-10-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
| 2020-04-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
| 2020-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Nitratecode 1040 | No | Resolved |
All 4 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.
Briggs Brothers Ranch & Winery, LLC.: frequently asked questions
Who runs Briggs Brothers Ranch & Winery, LLC.?
Briggs Brothers Ranch & Winery, LLC. (PWSID TN0005198) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the TN state drinking water program.
How many people does Briggs Brothers Ranch & Winery, LLC. serve?
Briggs Brothers Ranch & Winery, LLC. reports serving 47 people through 24 service connections in Cocke County, Tennessee.
Where does Briggs Brothers Ranch & Winery, 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 Briggs Brothers Ranch & Winery, LLC. have any drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 4 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2024. 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 Briggs Brothers Ranch & Winery, 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. EPA's records list 4 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2024. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the TN state drinking water program.
Where can I find Briggs Brothers Ranch & Winery, LLC.'s water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Briggs Brothers Ranch & Winery, LLC. is a 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 Cocke County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newport Utilities Board | Cocke | 34,925 | Community | Surface water |
| Hartford Welcome Center | Cocke | 1,001 | Transient non-community | Groundwater |
| Cosby Campground | Cocke | 925 | Transient non-community | Groundwater |
| Tent Camping USA, Inc.. | Cocke | 200 | Transient non-community | Groundwater |
| Roamstead Smoky Mtn | Cocke | 130 | Transient non-community | Groundwater |
| Indian Camp Creek Resort | Cocke | 130 | Transient non-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, “Briggs Brothers Ranch & Winery, LLC., PWSID TN0005198, Tennessee”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/tennessee/briggs-brothers-ranch-winery-llc-tn0005198 (data as of October 1, 2026).