Public water system · TN0005185
ActiveWildlife Cove Campground
At a glance
Wildlife Cove Campground (PWSID TN0005185) is an active transient non-community water system in Benton County, Tennessee. It reports serving 50 people through 35 service connections. 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 2024.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
50
Service connections
35
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
TNCWS
Transient non-community water system
System record
How does Wildlife Cove Campground compare with other water systems in Benton County?
By EPA's size categories, Wildlife Cove Campground is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Benton County has 11 active public water systems, and Wildlife Cove Campground is the 6th-largest of them by population served. Its population served is well below the county average of 1,126 people per system, and accounts for 0.4% of the 12,382 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 Wildlife Cove Campground 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 Wildlife Cove Campground?
EPA lists Wildlife Cove Campground 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. 8 of the 11 active systems in Benton County (73%) are also privately owned.
Does Wildlife Cove Campground have drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 3 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2024. The violations listed here began between April 2018 and April 2024. By type: 2 monitoring and 1 public notice, recordkeeping or other. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (2 of them). EPA lists 1 as resolved, 1 as unaddressed 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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
| 2019-08-15 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75 | Public Noticecode 7500 | No | Unaddressed |
| 2018-04-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | 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.
Wildlife Cove Campground: frequently asked questions
Who runs Wildlife Cove Campground?
Wildlife Cove Campground (PWSID TN0005185) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the TN state drinking water program.
How many people does Wildlife Cove Campground serve?
Wildlife Cove Campground reports serving 50 people through 35 service connections in Benton County, Tennessee.
Where does Wildlife Cove Campground 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 Wildlife Cove Campground 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 2024. 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 Wildlife Cove Campground'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 2024. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the TN state drinking water program.
Where can I find Wildlife Cove Campground's water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Wildlife Cove Campground 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 Benton County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camden Water Dept | Benton | 10,013 | Community | Surface water |
| Big Sandy Water Department | Benton | 1,170 | Community | Groundwater |
| Harbor Utility District | Benton | 750 | Community | Groundwater |
| Camp Mack Morris | Benton | 190 | Transient non-community | Groundwater |
| Flatwoods Methodist Church | Benton | 65 | Transient non-community | Groundwater |
| Songbird Campground | Benton | 40 | 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, “Wildlife Cove Campground, PWSID TN0005185, Tennessee”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/tennessee/wildlife-cove-campground-tn0005185 (data as of October 1, 2026).