Public water system · TN0004368
ActiveFriendship Family Resorts
At a glance
Friendship Family Resorts (PWSID TN0004368) is an active transient non-community water system in Sullivan County, Tennessee. It reports serving 47 people through 20 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 July 2007.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
47
Service connections
20
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
TNCWS
Transient non-community water system
System record
How does Friendship Family Resorts compare with other water systems in Sullivan County?
By EPA's size categories, Friendship Family Resorts is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Sullivan County has 16 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 12,123 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 193,961 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 Friendship Family Resorts 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 Friendship Family Resorts?
EPA lists Friendship Family Resorts 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. 7 of the 16 active systems in Sullivan County (44%) are also privately owned.
Does Friendship Family Resorts have drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 4 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2007. The violations listed here began between December 1980 and July 2007. By type: 4 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Total coliform bacteria (TCR) (2 of them). EPA lists 3 as archived and 1 as resolved. 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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-07-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | No | Resolved |
| 1992-07-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | No | Archived |
| 1985-12-25 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Nitratecode 1040 | No | Archived |
| 1980-12-25 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Nitratecode 1040 | No | Archived |
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.
Friendship Family Resorts: frequently asked questions
Who runs Friendship Family Resorts?
Friendship Family Resorts (PWSID TN0004368) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the TN state drinking water program.
How many people does Friendship Family Resorts serve?
Friendship Family Resorts reports serving 47 people through 20 service connections in Sullivan County, Tennessee.
Where does Friendship Family Resorts 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 Friendship Family Resorts have any drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 4 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2007. 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 Friendship Family Resorts' 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 July 2007. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the TN state drinking water program.
Where can I find Friendship Family Resorts' water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Friendship Family Resorts 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 Sullivan County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsport Water Dept | Sullivan | 107,739 | Community | Surface water |
| Bristol Dept of Utilities | Sullivan | 37,648 | Community | Surface water |
| Blountville Utility District | Sullivan | 15,647 | Community | Purchased surface water |
| Bloomingdale Utility District | Sullivan | 13,318 | Community | Surface water |
| South Fork Utility District | Sullivan | 7,645 | Community | Purchased surface water |
| Bristol-Bluff City U.D. | Sullivan | 6,268 | Community | Surface water |
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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, “Friendship Family Resorts, PWSID TN0004368, Tennessee”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/tennessee/friendship-family-resorts-tn0004368 (data as of October 1, 2026).