Public water system · PA4190829
ActiveDollar General 18203 Benton
At a glance
Dollar General 18203 Benton (PWSID PA4190829) is an active transient non-community water system in Columbia County, Tennessee. It reports serving 25 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list one violation for this system; it is not health-based, and the most recent began in December 1980.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
25
Service connections
1
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
TNCWS
Transient non-community water system
System record
How does Dollar General 18203 Benton compare with other water systems in Columbia County?
By EPA's size categories, Dollar General 18203 Benton is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Columbia County has 4 active public water systems, and Dollar General 18203 Benton is the largest of them by population served. Its population served is roughly in line with the county average of 25 people per system, and accounts for 25% of the 100 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 Dollar General 18203 Benton 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 Dollar General 18203 Benton?
EPA lists Dollar General 18203 Benton as privately owned. The PA 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 4 active systems in Columbia County (100%) are also privately owned.
Does Dollar General 18203 Benton have drinking water violations?
EPA's records list one violation for this system; it is not health-based, and the most recent began in December 1980. By type: 1 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved is Nitrate. EPA lists 1 as archived. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980-12-23 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Nitratecode 1040 | No | Archived |
The one violation in EPA's records.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.
Dollar General 18203 Benton: frequently asked questions
Who runs Dollar General 18203 Benton?
Dollar General 18203 Benton (PWSID PA4190829) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the PA state drinking water program.
How many people does Dollar General 18203 Benton serve?
Dollar General 18203 Benton reports serving 25 people through 1 service connection in Columbia County, Tennessee.
Where does Dollar General 18203 Benton 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 Dollar General 18203 Benton have any drinking water violations?
EPA's records list one violation for this system; it is not health-based, and the most recent began in December 1980. 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 Dollar General 18203 Benton'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 one violation for this system; it is not health-based, and the most recent began in December 1980. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the PA state drinking water program.
Where can I find Dollar General 18203 Benton's water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Dollar General 18203 Benton 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 Columbia County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dollar General 20709 Bloomsbrg | Columbia | 25 | Transient non-community | Groundwater |
| Dollar General 20504 Orangevil | Columbia | 25 | Transient non-community | Groundwater |
| Dollar General 23806 Stillwtr | Columbia | 25 | Transient non-community | Groundwater |
Related pages
Working with water-system records? Pro adds alerts, change history and CSV export ($49/mo); Enterprise adds full national files, the API and an MCP server for AI tools.
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, “Dollar General 18203 Benton, PWSID PA4190829, Tennessee”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/tennessee/dollar-general-18203-benton-pa4190829 (data as of October 1, 2026).