Public water system · TN0005169
ActiveShady Valley Country Store
At a glance
Shady Valley Country Store (PWSID TN0005169) is an active transient non-community water system in Johnson 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 3 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2014.
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 Shady Valley Country Store compare with other water systems in Johnson County?
By EPA's size categories, Shady Valley Country Store is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Johnson County has 8 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 1,426 people per system, and accounts for 0.2% of the 11,411 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 Shady Valley Country Store 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 Shady Valley Country Store?
EPA lists Shady Valley Country Store 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. 5 of the 8 active systems in Johnson County (63%) are also privately owned.
Does Shady Valley Country Store have drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 3 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2014. The violations listed here began between March 2014 and April 2014. By type: 3 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Total coliform bacteria (TCR) (2 of them). EPA lists 2 as archived and 1 as unaddressed. 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. Unaddressed means the violation is not resolved or archived and is not yet covered by formal enforcement.
| Began | Violation | Contaminant or rule | Health-based | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-04-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | No | Archived |
| 2014-04-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (GWR) · code 34 | E. colicode 3014 | No | Unaddressed |
| 2014-03-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) · code 25 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | No | Archived |
All 3 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.
Shady Valley Country Store: frequently asked questions
Who runs Shady Valley Country Store?
Shady Valley Country Store (PWSID TN0005169) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the TN state drinking water program.
How many people does Shady Valley Country Store serve?
Shady Valley Country Store reports serving 25 people through 1 service connection in Johnson County, Tennessee.
Where does Shady Valley Country Store 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 Shady Valley Country Store have any drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 3 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 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 Shady Valley Country Store'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 3 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2014. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the TN state drinking water program.
Where can I find Shady Valley Country Store's water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Shady Valley Country Store 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 Johnson County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain City Water Dept | Johnson | 9,304 | Community | Surface water |
| Carderview Utility District | Johnson | 1,049 | Community | Purchased surface water |
| Brownlow Utility District | Johnson | 683 | Community | Purchased surface water |
| Pioneer Landing | Johnson | 140 | Transient non-community | Groundwater |
| Dyson Grove Baptist Church | Johnson | 100 | Transient non-community | Groundwater |
| Sharpie'S Restaurant | Johnson | 85 | 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, “Shady Valley Country Store, PWSID TN0005169, Tennessee”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/tennessee/shady-valley-country-store-tn0005169 (data as of October 1, 2026).