Public water system · TN0005250
ActiveRed Oak Point
At a glance
Red Oak Point (PWSID TN0005250) is an active transient non-community water system in Wayne County, Tennessee. It reports serving 109 people through 43 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 8 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in December 2025.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
109
Service connections
43
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
TNCWS
Transient non-community water system
System record
How does Red Oak Point compare with other water systems in Wayne County?
By EPA's size categories, Red Oak Point is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Wayne County has 21 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 674 people per system, and accounts for 0.8% of the 14,157 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 Red Oak Point is about 24% 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 Red Oak Point?
EPA lists Red Oak Point 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. 18 of the 21 active systems in Wayne County (86%) are also privately owned.
Does Red Oak Point have drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 8 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in December 2025. The violations listed here began between July 2025 and December 2025. By type: 2 public notice, recordkeeping or other, 2 required treatment not met, 2 monitoring and reporting and 2 monitoring. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (3 of them). EPA lists 4 as unaddressed and 4 as archived. Unaddressed means the violation is not resolved or archived and is not yet covered by formal enforcement. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-01 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75 | Public Noticecode 7500 | No | Unaddressed |
| 2025-10-01 | Required treatment not metFailure to Filter (SWTR) · code 42 | Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0200 | Yes | Unaddressed |
| 2025-10-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Nitratecode 1040 | No | Archived |
| 2025-10-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Archived |
| 2025-09-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Archived |
| 2025-09-01 | Required treatment not metTreatment Technique No Certif. Operator · code 12 | Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rulecode 0400 | Yes | Unaddressed |
| 2025-08-25 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherSample Siting Plan Errors (RTCR) · code 5A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Unaddressed |
| 2025-07-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Nitratecode 1040 | 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.
Red Oak Point: frequently asked questions
Who runs Red Oak Point?
Red Oak Point (PWSID TN0005250) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the TN state drinking water program.
How many people does Red Oak Point serve?
Red Oak Point reports serving 109 people through 43 service connections in Wayne County, Tennessee.
Where does Red Oak Point 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 Red Oak Point have any drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 8 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in December 2025. 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 Red Oak Point'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 8 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in December 2025. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the TN state drinking water program.
Where can I find Red Oak Point's water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Red Oak Point 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 Wayne County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waynesboro Water System | Wayne | 5,354 | Community | Surface water |
| Clifton Water Dept | Wayne | 4,110 | Community | Surface water |
| Collinwood Water Dept | Wayne | 3,131 | Community | Groundwater under influence of surface water |
| Dollar General #22742 - Fredericksburg | Wayne | 223 | Transient non-community | Groundwater |
| Dollar General 23922 Apple Creek | Wayne | 220 | Transient non-community | Groundwater |
| Dollar General #21662 - Wooster | Wayne | 212 | 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, “Red Oak Point, PWSID TN0005250, Tennessee”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/tennessee/red-oak-point-tn0005250 (data as of October 1, 2026).