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Lead in Tennessee drinking water

450 community water systems tested

5.3%
of tested systems exceeded the lead action level
(24/450)

Lead is a neurotoxin with no known safe level. It usually enters water from old service lines and household plumbing rather than the source, so results vary system to system. The EPA acts when the 90th-percentile sample exceeds 0.015 mg/L.

Water systems

Lead value per system, LCR compliance samples. EPA action level — 0.015 mg/L at the 90th percentile. Systems that exceeded the lead action level are highlighted and listed first. “Not detected” means the contaminant was measured but not found.
SystemCityPopulationLead (mg/L)
SOUTH BLOUNT UTILITY DISTRICT MARYVILLE 53,864 0.0552 mg/L
FRIENDSVILLE WATER WORKS 5,437 0.0432 mg/L
LAGRANGE WATER DEPT LAGRANGE 230 0.0339 mg/L
WEBB CREEK UTILITY DISTRICT 1,737 0.0285 mg/L
MCLEMORESVILLE WATER DEPT MCLEMORESVILLE 376 0.0278 mg/L
ARDMORE WATER SYSTEM ARDMORE 3,903 0.0260 mg/L
JONESBOROUGH WATER DEPT JONESBOROUGH 33,069 0.0250 mg/L
SOUTH ELIZABETHTON U.D. 6,244 0.0222 mg/L
ELIZABETHTON WATER DEPT ELIZABETHTON 32,490 0.0220 mg/L
FIRST U.D. OF CARTER COUNTY ELIZABETHON 9,143 0.0213 mg/L
RIVERSIDE CAMPGROUND SEVIERVILLE 450 0.0197 mg/L
LINCOLN CO B.P.U. #1 FAYETTEVILLE 23,846 0.0191 mg/L
WOODLAWN SHORES WATER DEPT SUGAR TREE 450 0.0188 mg/L
NEWPORT UTILITIES BOARD NEWPORT 34,925 0.0186 mg/L
LEADMINE BEND WATER ASSOC. SHARPS CHAPEL 120 0.0178 mg/L
MOUNTAIN VILLAGE PARKS BIG PINEY 53 0.0175 mg/L
CROCKETT MILLS U.D. ALAMO 757 0.0171 mg/L
HENRY WATER SYSTEM HENRY 511 0.0161 mg/L
HIXSON UTILITY DISTRICT HIXSON 68,306 0.0160 mg/L
WATAUGA RIVER REG WATER AUTH 353 0.0160 mg/L
VENTURE OUT AT GATLINBURG 328 0.0159 mg/L
KINGSTON WATER SYSTEM KINGSTON 11,392 0.0154 mg/L
COPPERHILL WATER DEPT 1,217 0.0154 mg/L
THE FARM WATER SYSTEM SUMMERTOWN 210 0.0153 mg/L
JACKSON WATER SYSTEM JACKSON 91,111 0.0150 mg/L
NORTH ELIZABETHTON WATER CO-OP 1,555 0.0148 mg/L
CROSSVILLE WATER DEPT CROSSVILLE 32,985 0.0140 mg/L
CUMBERLAND PLATEAU W.A.#1 CROSSVILLE 22,673 0.0140 mg/L
CUMBERLAND PLATEAU W.A. #2 12,850 0.0140 mg/L
GRANDVIEW UTILITY DISTRICT 2,226 0.0140 mg/L
CARLTON HEIGHTS MHP CT 2 STURGEON BAY 60 0.0140 mg/L
SIAM UTILITY DISTRICT ELIZABETHTON 3,319 0.0139 mg/L
MOSHEIM UTILITY DISTRICT 2,270 0.0139 mg/L
WARTRACE WATER SYSTEM WARTRACE 3,576 0.0132 mg/L
NSA - MIDSOUTH MILLINGTON 7,000 0.0131 mg/L
HOHENWALD WATER SYSTEM HOHENWALD 12,475 0.0131 mg/L
PERRYVILLE UTILITY DISTRICT 3,127 0.0130 mg/L
HARBERT HILLS ACADEMY N.H. SAVANNAH 140 0.0130 mg/L
CHEROKEE HILLS U.D. COPPERHILL 258 0.0129 mg/L
MASON HALL DEVELOPMENT CORP KENTON 211 0.0128 mg/L
CUMBERLAND GAP WATER SERVICES CUMBERLAND GAP 340 0.0128 mg/L
COUNTY LINE TRAILER PARK ATWOOD 61 0.0126 mg/L
PARSONS WATER DEPARTMENT PARSONS 4,303 0.0121 mg/L
BLUFF CITY WATER DEPARTMENT BLUFF CITY 2,763 0.0121 mg/L
SHELBYVILLE FLAT CREEK W.S. 634 0.0120 mg/L
METRO LYNCHBURG/MOORE CO U.D. #2 289 0.0120 mg/L
GREENEVILLE WATER COMMISSION GREENEVILLE 26,657 0.0120 mg/L
WATTS BAR UTILITY DISTRICT HARRIMAN 15,571 0.0120 mg/L
HOLLOW ROCK WATER DEPT HOLLOW ROCK 954 0.0120 mg/L
BRISTOL DEPT OF UTILITIES BRISTOL 37,648 0.0112 mg/L
CLAIBORNE UTILITIES DISTRICT NEW TAZEWELL 16,135 0.0111 mg/L
CUMBERLAND CITY WATER DEPT 1,023 0.0111 mg/L
ARDMORE WATER SYSTEM ARDMORE 1,886 0.0111 mg/L
MILCROFTON UTILITY DISTRICT 38,032 0.0110 mg/L
GLEN HILLS UTILITY DISTRICT 17,355 0.0110 mg/L
CHUCKEY UTILITY DISTRICT 14,369 0.0110 mg/L
BLOOMINGDALE UTILITY DISTRICT KINGSPORT 13,318 0.0110 mg/L
OLD KNOXVILLE HWY U.D. 8,296 0.0110 mg/L
SOUTH FORK UTILITY DISTRICT 7,645 0.0110 mg/L
FALL RIVER RD UTILITY DISTRICT 3,988 0.0110 mg/L
DYERSBURG SUBURBAN C.U.D. DYERSBURG 3,538 0.0110 mg/L
NORTHEAST LAWRENCE U.D. 4,017 0.0109 mg/L
SAVANNAH VALLEY U.D. GEORGETOWN 30,571 0.0106 mg/L
WHITE PINE WATER SYSTEM WHITE PINE 4,171 0.0104 mg/L
CROSS ANCHOR UTILITY DISTRICT 8,449 0.0104 mg/L
KINGSPORT WATER DEPT KINGSPORT 107,739 0.0104 mg/L
MARTIN WATER DEPT MARTIN 11,918 0.0103 mg/L
BRISTOL-BLUFF CITY U.D. BRISTOL 6,268 0.0103 mg/L
TROY WATER SYSTEM TROY 2,096 0.0102 mg/L
EAST SEVIER COUNTY U.D. SEVIERVILLE 815 0.0102 mg/L
MOSCOW WATER DEPT MOSCOW 821 0.0101 mg/L
CUMBERLAND PLATEAU W.A.#3 5,659 0.0101 mg/L
LAWRENCEBURG UTILITY SYSTEMS LAWRENCEBURG 21,244 0.0101 mg/L
OAK RIDGE DEPT OF PUBLIC WORKS OAK RIDGE 41,614 0.0100 mg/L
TELLICO VILLAGE P.O.A. 13,870 0.0100 mg/L
EAST CARTERS VALLEY 285 0.0100 mg/L
HILLSVILLE UTILITY DISTRICT 11,325 0.0098 mg/L
TULLAHOMA UTILITIES AUTHORITY 30,958 0.0098 mg/L
MANCHESTER WATER DEPARTMENT 24,975 0.0098 mg/L
DUCK RIVER UTILITY COMMISSION MANCHESTER 25 0.0098 mg/L
GREENFIELD WATER DEPT GREENFIELD 2,189 0.0098 mg/L
GERMANTOWN WATER DEPT GERMANTOWN 37,738 0.0097 mg/L
HENDERSON WATER DEPT HENDERSON 8,924 0.0097 mg/L
NEWBERN WATER DEPT NEWBERN 8,098 0.0096 mg/L
COLLIERVILLE WATER DEPT COLLIERVILLE 51,972 0.0095 mg/L
JEFFERSON CITY W&S COMM JEFFERSON CITY 9,764 0.0094 mg/L
ALEXANDRIA WATER SYSTEM 2,626 0.0094 mg/L
THE BARN MOBILE HOME PARK STATESBORO 232 0.0093 mg/L
HARRIMAN UTILITY BOARD HARRIMAN 16,653 0.0092 mg/L
BLOUNTVILLE UTILITY DISTRICT 15,647 0.0092 mg/L
ASHLAND CITY WATER DEPARTMENT ASHLAND CITY 9,173 0.0092 mg/L
ROAN MOUNTAIN UTILITY DISTRICT ROAN MOUNTAIN 1,226 0.0091 mg/L
TN AMERICAN SEQUATCHIE VALLEY WHITWELL 8,001 0.0091 mg/L
WATTS BAR EAST U.D. 4,280 0.0091 mg/L
POPLAR GROVE UTILITY DISTRICT ATOKA 19,599 0.0091 mg/L
SEVIERVILLE WATER SYSTEM SEVIERVILLE 39,885 0.0090 mg/L
SHADY GROVE UTILITY DISTRICT 25,320 0.0090 mg/L
WOODBURY WATER SYSTEM WOODBURY 11,434 0.0090 mg/L
OLIVER SPRINGS WATER BOARD OLIVER SPRINGS 5,361 0.0090 mg/L
PIPERTON WATER SYSTEM 3,197 0.0090 mg/L