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I-40 Rest Area Madison

At a glance

I-40 Rest Area Madison (PWSID TN0002605) is an active transient non-community water system in Madison County, Tennessee. It reports serving 5,000 people through 2 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as owned by a state government. EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in June 2014.

Dataset updated October 2026 . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

5,000

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDTN0002605

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served5,000

Service connections2

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typeState government

Primacy agencyTN state drinking water program

City served—

StateTennessee

ZIP—

CountyMadison County

How does I-40 Rest Area Madison compare with other water systems in Madison County?

By EPA's size categories, I-40 Rest Area Madison is a medium system (3,301 to 10,000 people). Madison County has 23 active public water systems, and I-40 Rest Area Madison is the 2nd-largest of them by population served. Its population served is about 15% above the county average of 4,330 people per system, and accounts for 5% of the 99,581 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 I-40 Rest Area Madison is about 35 times 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 I-40 Rest Area Madison?

EPA lists I-40 Rest Area Madison as owned by a state government. 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. 2 of the 23 active systems in Madison County (8.7%) are also owned by a state government.

Does I-40 Rest Area Madison have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in June 2014. The violations listed here began between December 1980 and June 2014. By type: 9 monitoring and reporting and 2 contaminant level above the legal limit. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Total coliform bacteria (TCR) (8 of them). EPA lists 11 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
2014-06-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
1999-09-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	Yes	Archived
1998-07-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	Yes	Archived
1998-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Archived
1994-08-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
1991-05-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Minor (TCR) · code 24	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
1991-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Minor (TCR) · code 24	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
1991-03-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
1990-07-01	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 11 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.

I-40 Rest Area Madison: frequently asked questions

Who runs I-40 Rest Area Madison?

I-40 Rest Area Madison (PWSID TN0002605) is a transient non-community water system owned by a state government. It is regulated by the TN state drinking water program.

How many people does I-40 Rest Area Madison serve?

I-40 Rest Area Madison reports serving 5,000 people through 2 service connections in Madison County, Tennessee.

Where does I-40 Rest Area Madison 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 I-40 Rest Area Madison have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in June 2014. 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 I-40 Rest Area Madison'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 11 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in June 2014. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the TN state drinking water program.

Where can I find I-40 Rest Area Madison's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. I-40 Rest Area Madison 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 Madison County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Jackson Water System	Madison	91,111	Community	Groundwater
Travel Center of America	Madison	700	Transient non-community	Groundwater
Bethlehem Baptist Church	Madison	300	Transient non-community	Groundwater
Antioch Bc - Humboldt	Madison	300	Transient non-community	Groundwater
Parkburg Baptist Church	Madison	279	Transient non-community	Groundwater
Friendship Baptist St Church	Madison	245	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, “I-40 Rest Area Madison, PWSID TN0002605, Tennessee”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/tennessee/i-40-rest-area-madison-tn0002605 (data as of October 1, 2026).