Public water system · TN0004640

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Wild Plum Tea Room

At a glance

Wild Plum Tea Room (PWSID TN0004640) is an active transient non-community water system in Sevier County, Tennessee. It reports serving 50 people through 2 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 9 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2020.

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

Population served

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDTN0004640

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served50

Service connections2

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyTN state drinking water program

City served—

StateTennessee

ZIP—

CountySevier County

How does Wild Plum Tea Room compare with other water systems in Sevier County?

By EPA's size categories, Wild Plum Tea Room is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Sevier County has 49 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 1,774 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 86,938 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 Wild Plum Tea Room is about 65% 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 Wild Plum Tea Room?

EPA lists Wild Plum Tea Room 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. 37 of the 49 active systems in Sevier County (76%) are also privately owned.

Does Wild Plum Tea Room have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 9 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2020. The violations listed here began between October 1992 and January 2020. By type: 6 monitoring and reporting and 3 monitoring. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Total coliform bacteria (TCR) (5 of them). EPA lists 6 as resolved and 3 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
2020-01-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2018-01-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2017-01-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2016-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2015-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2008-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) · code 25	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
1998-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Archived
1993-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Minor (TCR) · code 24	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
1992-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived

All 9 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.

Wild Plum Tea Room: frequently asked questions

Who runs Wild Plum Tea Room?

Wild Plum Tea Room (PWSID TN0004640) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the TN state drinking water program.

How many people does Wild Plum Tea Room serve?

Wild Plum Tea Room reports serving 50 people through 2 service connections in Sevier County, Tennessee.

Where does Wild Plum Tea Room 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 Wild Plum Tea Room have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 9 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2020. 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 Wild Plum Tea Room'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 9 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2020. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the TN state drinking water program.

Where can I find Wild Plum Tea Room's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Wild Plum Tea Room 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 Sevier County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Sevierville Water System	Sevier	39,885	Community	Surface water
Pigeon Forge Water Department	Sevier	14,872	Community	Surface water
Gatlinburg Water Dept	Sevier	8,877	Community	Surface water
Sevier County Water Department	Sevier	6,194	Community	Purchased surface water
Great Smoky Mtns National Park Hq	Sevier	3,125	Non-transient non-community	Groundwater
Webb Creek Utility District	Sevier	1,737	Community	Purchased 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, “Wild Plum Tea Room, PWSID TN0004640, Tennessee”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/tennessee/wild-plum-tea-room-tn0004640 (data as of October 1, 2026).