Public water system · TN0004264
ActiveParksville Lake - Usfs
At a glance
Parksville Lake - Usfs (PWSID TN0004264) is an active transient non-community water system in Polk County, Tennessee. It reports serving 129 people through 20 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater under influence of surface water, and EPA lists it as owned by the federal government. EPA's records list 8 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2023.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
129
Service connections
20
Primary source
GU
Groundwater under influence of surface water
System type
TNCWS
Transient non-community water system
System record
How does Parksville Lake - Usfs compare with other water systems in Polk County?
By EPA's size categories, Parksville Lake - Usfs is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Polk County has 17 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 497 people per system, and accounts for 1.5% of the 8,453 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 Parksville Lake - Usfs is about 10% 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 under the influence of surface water is well or spring water that the regulator has found to be affected by nearby surface water, so it is regulated under the surface-water treatment rules. 44 Tennessee systems (3.2%) list groundwater under influence of surface water as their primary source.
Who owns and regulates Parksville Lake - Usfs?
EPA lists Parksville Lake - Usfs as owned by the federal 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. 4 of the 17 active systems in Polk County (24%) are also owned by the federal government.
Does Parksville Lake - Usfs have drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 8 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2023. The violations listed here began between January 1998 and July 2023. By type: 8 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (3 of them). EPA lists 7 as resolved and 1 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 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Turbidity (Enhanced SWTR) · code 38 | Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0300 | No | Resolved |
| 2023-07-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter) · code 36 | Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0200 | No | Resolved |
| 2022-06-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter) · code 36 | Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0200 | No | Resolved |
| 2022-06-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Turbidity (Enhanced SWTR) · code 38 | Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0300 | No | Resolved |
| 2021-03-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Turbidity (Enhanced SWTR) · code 38 | Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0300 | No | Resolved |
| 2021-03-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter) · code 36 | Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0200 | No | Resolved |
| 2003-04-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Minor (TCR) · code 24 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | No | Resolved |
| 1998-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Minor (TCR) · code 24 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | No | Archived |
All 8 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.
Parksville Lake - Usfs: frequently asked questions
Who runs Parksville Lake - Usfs?
Parksville Lake - Usfs (PWSID TN0004264) is a transient non-community water system owned by the federal government. It is regulated by the TN state drinking water program.
How many people does Parksville Lake - Usfs serve?
Parksville Lake - Usfs reports serving 129 people through 20 service connections in Polk County, Tennessee.
Where does Parksville Lake - Usfs get its water?
EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater under influence of surface water. Groundwater under the influence of surface water is well or spring water that the regulator has found to be affected by nearby surface water, so it is regulated under the surface-water treatment rules.
Does Parksville Lake - Usfs have any drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 8 violations for this system; 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 Parksville Lake - Usfs' 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 8 violations for this system; 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 Parksville Lake - Usfs' water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Parksville Lake - Usfs 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 Polk County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Basin Utility District | Polk | 2,710 | Community | Surface water |
| Benton Water System | Polk | 2,491 | Community | Groundwater |
| Copperhill Water Dept | Polk | 1,217 | Community | Purchased surface water |
| Chilhowee - Usfs | Polk | 568 | Transient non-community | Groundwater |
| Cherokee Hills U.D. | Polk | 258 | Community | Groundwater |
| Mac Point - Usfs | Polk | 200 | 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, “Parksville Lake - Usfs, PWSID TN0004264, Tennessee”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/tennessee/parksville-lake-usfs-tn0004264 (data as of October 1, 2026).