Decaturville Water System posts 2025 water quality report notice

Decaturville residents now have the annual paper trail for their drinking water, and it matters because the town system serves 2,384 people through 965 residential connections in and around the county seat. The 2025 Water Quality Report notice was published in The News Leader on April 8, keeping the utility’s testing record in the public eye rather than buried in routine paperwork.

Under federal Consumer Confidence Report rules, community water systems are supposed to make drinking-water quality information available to customers every year. That report is the main place to see what the utility tested for, how the results compare with state and federal standards, and whether anything in the system needs closer attention.

The Decaturville Water System is listed by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation as TN0000186, an active community water system with Decatur County as its principal service area. State records show the system’s primary source as SWP and a water-purchase relationship with Parsons Water Department, which means the water reaching Decaturville taps reflects both local distribution and purchased supply. The system also has a long local footprint, with an activity date of January 28, 2019.

The brief public notice did not spell out contaminant results, so the full report is still the document that answers the most important household questions. That is the key accountability point for families in Decaturville, whether they live near Main Street, use the town offices at 29 E. Main Street, Decaturville, TN 38329, or rely on the system beyond the city limits. The town’s own government page names Tim Grace as mayor, underscoring that water oversight is part of local government, not an abstract state filing.

The one takeaway for Decaturville residents is simple: the utility has put its 2025 water report into the public record, and that annual disclosure is the place to check for the facts that matter most, especially for households with infants, older adults, or anyone managing a health condition. In a small system serving the county seat, transparency is not a formality. It is the baseline for trust.