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Anderson County, Tennessee

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet TN001 · Anderson County 7 sys · 437 viol · #597/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-HIGH · SRC-SW · SYS-TINY · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 3.9% health
  • RANK-TOP #597/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 50.0% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 86%
  • SYS-TINY 7 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Davidson County (+ 0 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Anderson County ranks #597 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #17 of 95 counties in Tennessee. See methodology · corpus placement.

Anderson County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 100.0% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 3.9% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 50.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #597 of 3,254 · #17 of 95 in Tennessee.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Anderson County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Anderson County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Haywood · lowest Hancock · highest Knox · near Montgomery · near 40% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Source: EPA SDWIS (county aggregates) As of 2026-05-15

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Oak Ridge Dept of Public Works 41,614 26 Clean
Anderson County Water Auth 25,700 232 Detected
Clinton Utilities Board 18,772 33 Clean
Y-12 Nnsa Production Office 5,000 12 Detected
Norris Water Commission 2,126 28 -
Rocky Top Water Dept 1,963 96 -
Sequoyah Marina LLC 350 10 -

Compare beyond Tennessee

Mid-flagged peers for Anderson County

Cross-state counties nearest Anderson County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (437). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.

Similar flagged-system rate

Nearest cross-state counties by % of SDWIS systems with at least one violation on record.

4 peers

Similar violation load

Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).

4 peers
Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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