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Tennessee tap water quality

450 community water systems

Lead by system → PFAS by system →
5.3%
exceed lead action level
(24/450 systems)
13.6%
PFOA/PFOS detected
(37/272 systems)

Largest water systems

Lead is the LCR 90th-percentile result; a value above 0.015 mg/L exceeds the EPA action level. “—” means no lead sample is on file for that system.
SystemCityPopulationLead (p90)
MEMPHIS LIGHT, GAS, & WATER MEMPHIS 659,500 0.0086 mg/L
KNOXVILLE UTILITIES BOARD - KUB KNOXVILLE 254,671 0.0032 mg/L
CLARKSVILLE WATER DEPARTMENT CLARKSVILLE 251,864 0.0057 mg/L
CONSOLIDATED U.D. OF RUTHERFORD CO MURFREESBORO 221,871 0.0070 mg/L
TENNESSEE AMERICAN WATER CHATTANOOGA 207,046 0.0062 mg/L
WHITE HOUSE UTILITY DISTRICT HENDERSONVILLE 130,411 0.0030 mg/L
FIRST U.D. OF KNOX COUNTY KNOXVILLE 115,531 0.0071 mg/L
MURFREESBORO WATER DEPARTMENT MURFREESBORO 114,331 0.0071 mg/L
KINGSPORT WATER DEPT KINGSPORT 107,739 0.0104 mg/L
JOHNSON CITY WATER DEPT JOHNSON CITY 105,057 0.0050 mg/L
CLEVELAND UTILITIES CLEVELAND 95,087 0.0020 mg/L
JACKSON WATER SYSTEM JACKSON 91,111 0.0150 mg/L
WEST WILSON UTILITY DISTRICT MOUNT JULIET 86,978 0.0043 mg/L
COLUMBIA POWER AND WATER SYSTEMS COLUMBIA 84,617 0.0030 mg/L
HALLSDALE-POWELL U.D. KNOXVILLE 84,315 0.0062 mg/L
MADISON SUBURBAN U.D. MADISON 81,203 0.0030 mg/L
WEST KNOX UTILITY DISTRICT KNOXVILLE 77,825 0.0061 mg/L
FRANKLIN WATER DEPT FRANKLIN 77,222 0.0030 mg/L
WATER AUTH OF DICKSON COUNTY DICKSON 68,675 0.0061 mg/L
HIXSON UTILITY DISTRICT HIXSON 68,306 0.0160 mg/L
GALLATIN WATER DEPARTMENT GALLATIN 65,964 0.0031 mg/L
SPRING HILL WATER DEPT SPRING HILL 65,840 0.0027 mg/L
HARPETH VALLEY U.D. NASHVILLE 65,518 0.0047 mg/L
SMYRNA WATER SYSTEM SMYRNA 60,876 0.0049 mg/L
LEBANON WATER SYSTEM LEBANON 60,669 0.0032 mg/L
EASTSIDE UTILITY DISTRICT CHATTANOOGA 59,612 0.0082 mg/L
HENDERSONVILLE U.D. HENDERSONVILLE 59,034 0.0034 mg/L
BARTLETT WATER SYSTEM BARTLETT 57,129 0.0040 mg/L
SOUTH BLOUNT UTILITY DISTRICT MARYVILLE 53,864 0.0552 mg/L
COLLIERVILLE WATER DEPT COLLIERVILLE 51,972 0.0095 mg/L
COOKEVILLE WATER DEPT COOKEVILLE 49,711 0.0041 mg/L
CITY OF MARYVILLE W&S DEPT MARYVILLE 49,135 0.0051 mg/L
SPRINGFIELD WATER SYSTEM SPRINGFIELD 46,546 0.0040 mg/L
OAK RIDGE DEPT OF PUBLIC WORKS OAK RIDGE 41,614 0.0100 mg/L
KNOX-CHAPMAN UTILITY DISTRICT KNOXVILLE 41,311 0.0080 mg/L
H.B.& T.S. UTILITY DISTRICT 40,094 0.0040 mg/L
SEVIERVILLE WATER SYSTEM SEVIERVILLE 39,885 0.0090 mg/L
MORRISTOWN UTILITIES COMMIS. MORRISTOWN 39,883 0.0030 mg/L
LA VERGNE WATER SYSTEM LAVERGNE 38,730 0.0040 mg/L
MILCROFTON UTILITY DISTRICT 38,032 0.0110 mg/L
GERMANTOWN WATER DEPT GERMANTOWN 37,738 0.0097 mg/L
BRISTOL DEPT OF UTILITIES BRISTOL 37,648 0.0112 mg/L
SHELBYVILLE WATER SYSTEM SHELBYVILLE 36,813 0.0030 mg/L
ALCOA WATER SYSTEM ALCOA 35,238 0.0030 mg/L
NEWPORT UTILITIES BOARD NEWPORT 34,925 0.0186 mg/L
LENOIR CITY UTILITY BOARD LENOIR CITY 34,786 0.0058 mg/L
NOLENSVILLE-COLLEGE GROVE U.D. NOLENSVILLE 34,159 0.0057 mg/L
JONESBOROUGH WATER DEPT JONESBOROUGH 33,069 0.0250 mg/L
CROSSVILLE WATER DEPT CROSSVILLE 32,985 0.0140 mg/L
ELIZABETHTON WATER DEPT ELIZABETHTON 32,490 0.0220 mg/L
TULLAHOMA UTILITIES AUTHORITY 30,958 0.0098 mg/L
SAVANNAH VALLEY U.D. GEORGETOWN 30,571 0.0106 mg/L
BRENTWOOD WATER DEPARTMENT BRENTWOOD 30,493 0.0050 mg/L
MALLORY VALLEY U.D. 30,347 0.0085 mg/L
WARREN COUNTY UTILITY DISTRICT MCMINNVILLE 29,055 0.0020 mg/L
NORTHEAST KNOX U.D. CORRYTON 27,941 0.0041 mg/L
LAFOLLETTE UTILITIES BOARD LA FOLLETTE 27,637 0.0048 mg/L
GREENEVILLE WATER COMMISSION GREENEVILLE 26,657 0.0120 mg/L
ATHENS UTILITIES BOARD ATHENS 26,424 0.0021 mg/L
LEXINGTON WATER SYSTEMS LEXINGTON 26,322 0.0065 mg/L
PORTLAND WATER SYSTEM PORTLAND 25,761 0.0032 mg/L
ANDERSON COUNTY W.A. LAKE CITY 25,700 0.0050 mg/L
SHADY GROVE UTILITY DISTRICT 25,320 0.0090 mg/L
DAYTON WATER DEPT DAYTON 25,054 0.0037 mg/L
MANCHESTER WATER DEPARTMENT 24,975 0.0098 mg/L
WINCHESTER WATER SYSTEM WINCHESTER 24,899 0.0030 mg/L
LEWISBURG WATER SYSTEM LEWISBURG 24,569 0.0029 mg/L
MAURY CO WATER SYSTEM 24,488 0.0020 mg/L
LINCOLN CO B.P.U. #1 FAYETTEVILLE 23,846 0.0191 mg/L
BEDFORD COUNTY U.D. SHELBYVILLE 22,908 0.0039 mg/L
WILSON CO WATER & WASTEWATER 22,680 0.0024 mg/L
CUMBERLAND PLATEAU W.A.#1 CROSSVILLE 22,673 0.0140 mg/L
LAFAYETTE WATER SYSTEM LAFAYETTE 21,551 0.0071 mg/L
LAWRENCEBURG UTILITY SYSTEMS LAWRENCEBURG 21,244 0.0101 mg/L
OCOEE UTILITY DISTRICT CLEVELAND 21,082 0.0080 mg/L
NORTHWEST UTILITY DISTRICT SODDY-DAISY 20,710 0.0060 mg/L
SELMER WATER SYSTEM SELMER 20,648 0.0056 mg/L
RUSSELLVILLE WHITESBURG U.D. 20,197 0.0030 mg/L
DYERSBURG WATER DEPT DYERSBURG 19,970 0.0035 mg/L
GLADEVILLE UTILITY DISTRICT LEBANON 19,813 0.0051 mg/L
PLEASANT VIEW UTILITY DISTRICT PLEASANT VIEW 19,663 0.0033 mg/L
POPLAR GROVE UTILITY DISTRICT ATOKA 19,599 0.0091 mg/L
SAVANNAH UTILITY DEPT SAVANNAH 19,495 0.0030 mg/L
ALPHA-TALBOTT UTILITY DISTRICT 19,075 0.0030 mg/L
MCMINNVILLE WATER DEPT MCMINNVILLE 19,029 0.0064 mg/L
WEST WARREN-VIOLA U.D. MORRISON 19,009 0.0060 mg/L
CLINTON UTILITIES BOARD CLINTON 18,772 0.0085 mg/L
EAST MONTGOMERY U.D. 18,382 0.0030 mg/L
DEKALB UTILITY DISTRICT #1 17,960 0.0030 mg/L
GLEN HILLS UTILITY DISTRICT 17,355 0.0110 mg/L
FENTRESS COUNTY U.D. 16,845 0.0070 mg/L
HARRIMAN UTILITY BOARD HARRIMAN 16,653 0.0092 mg/L
UNION CITY WATER DEPT UNION CITY 16,180 0.0044 mg/L
CLAIBORNE UTILITIES DISTRICT NEW TAZEWELL 16,135 0.0111 mg/L
CUNNINGHAM UTILITY DISTRICT 16,068 0.0030 mg/L
LOUDON UTILITIES BOARD LOUDON 16,047 0.0080 mg/L
LIVINGSTON WATER DEPT LIVINGSTON 15,733 0.0055 mg/L
BLOUNTVILLE UTILITY DISTRICT 15,647 0.0092 mg/L
LAGUARDO UTILITY DISTRICT 15,595 0.0041 mg/L
WATTS BAR UTILITY DISTRICT HARRIMAN 15,571 0.0120 mg/L