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    Complaint

    132651
    DWS
    7/8/2024
    Phone
    Water quality / Health effects
    09-JUL-2024 03:37PM

    Location based on SITE_ID

    Site ID
    99438
    Site
    Blountville UD
    Location
    3010 Hwy 126
    City
    Blountville
    Description
    -
    County
    Sullivan
    EFO Name
    Johnson City
    Site Owner
    -

    Investigation Results

    Referred to other Agency
    7/8/2024
    7/9/2024
    Sullivan County Health Department
    7/9/2024

    Complaint Description and Writeup

    Blountville UD reported that a customer brought a water sample to the utility office indicating that it was positive for staphylococcus. The customer operates the Streams of Life Birth & Wellness medical facility that is served by Blountville UD. The customer indicated to the utility manager that customers at the medical facility had contracted staph infections and that she has personally sampled and analyzed a sample of the water from an upstairs bathroom faucet using a sterile cotton swab that gave positive results for staphylococcus.