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Tennessee: drinking water systems

The 445 active community water systems in Tennessee on EPA's record, serving 7,927,701 people (EPA's counts). Systems serving more than 500 people have their own page; find yours by name, city, county, ZIP code or PWS ID. EPA's file dated Oct. 23, 2026.

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33 of 445 systems have a health-based violation on EPA's record since Oct. 23, 2023, serving 315,146 of the state's 7,927,701 people (4%); 12 are an EPA enforcement priority. EPA lists 4 as currently in violation (EPA's system file of Oct. 23, 2026).

Health-based violations, in EPA's words: “Violations of maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) or maximum residual disinfectant levels (MRDLs), which specify the highest concentrations of contaminants or disinfectants, respectively, allowed in drinking water; or of treatment technique (TT) rules, which specify required processes intended to reduce the amounts of contaminants in drinking water. MCLs, MRDLs, and treatment technique rules are all health-based drinking water standards.”

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    Health-based violations since Oct. 23, 2023, by contaminant or rule

    Cities and counties EPA lists, A to Z

    The cities EPA lists as served by each system, with the number of systems that list each; a system for which EPA lists no city is under its county.

    ALAMO 3ASHLAND CITY 3Bedford (county) 2BIG SANDY 2Blount (county) 2BRISTOL 2BROWNSVILLE 2Carter (county) 3CHATTANOOGA 4CLEVELAND 2Coffee (county) 3COVINGTON 2Crockett (county) 1CROSSVILLE 2Cumberland (county) 2Decatur (county) 1DeKalb (county) 3Dickson (county) 1DOVER 5DYERSBURG 3ELIZABETHTON 4ESTILL SPRINGS 2ETOWAH 3Fayette (county) 1FAYETTEVILLE 2Fentress (county) 2GATLINBURG 3Giles (county) 4Greene (county) 5GREENEVILLE 2Hamblen (county) 3Hamilton (county) 1Hardeman (county) 2Hardin (county) 1HARRIMAN 3HARROGATE 2Hawkins (county) 1Haywood (county) 1HENDERSONVILLE 2HENNING 2Henry (county) 3JACKSBORO 3JACKSON 2Jackson (county) 4Jefferson (county) 1KINGSPORT 2KINGSTON 2KNOXVILLE 6LA FOLLETTE 2LAFOLLETTE 2LAKE CITY 2Lawrence (county) 5LEBANON 2Lincoln (county) 1Loudon (county) 1Marion (county) 2Marshall (county) 1MARYVILLE 3Maury (county) 1McMinn (county) 2MCMINNVILLE 2McNairy (county) 1MILLINGTON 2Monroe (county) 1Montgomery (county) 5MOUNTAIN CITY 2MURFREESBORO 2NASHVILLE 2NEW JOHNSONVILLE 2NEW TAZEWELL 2OBION 2Obion (county) 3Overton (county) 3PARSONS 2Polk (county) 1Putnam (county) 5Rhea (county) 2RIPLEY 2Roane (county) 2ROGERSVILLE 4Sequatchie (county) 2Sevier (county) 3SEVIERVILLE 5SHELBYVILLE 2Smith (county) 5SODDY-DAISY 2SPARTA 2Stewart (county) 1Sullivan (county) 3Sumner (county) 1Tipton (county) 2TRENTON 5Wayne (county) 1White (county) 3Williamson (county) 4Wilson (county) 3

    Counties

    A page for each county EPA lists for three or more systems with a page of their own: the systems that serve it and how each stands on EPA's record.

    Water systems with a page of their own, A to Z (402)

    From EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), through EPA ECHO's drinking water system download. Health-based violations from EPA Envirofacts, downloaded Nov. 2, 2026. EPA's file dated Oct. 23, 2026. EPA: “All compliance and enforcement data displayed on ECHO are current as of the last official quarterly refresh of the source data system, SDWIS, which may lag by three to six months.” These are records of violations, not a test of your tap water today: your water system's annual Consumer Confidence Report has its test results. Names and values are shown as EPA writes them. EPA ECHO drinking water search.