Carter County, Tennessee
SDWIS compliance plate
Sheet TN019 · Carter County 21 sys · 1,095 viol · #848/3254
VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-GW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-FULL
- VIOL-SEVERE 90.5% flagged
- HEALTH-LOW 10.0% health
- RANK-UPPER #848/3254
- PHOTO-FINISH ±0.4 pp
- PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
- SRC-GW GW lead 71%
- SYS-SMALL 21 systems
- BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields
Nearest flagged-rate peer: Hamilton County (+ 0.4 pp flagged-rate)
According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Carter County ranks #848 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #29 of 95 counties in Tennessee. See methodology · corpus placement.
Carter County standing, lower-flagged corpus third
Flagged-system rate 90.5% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 10.0% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #848 of 3,254 · #29 of 95 in Tennessee.
Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Carter County
Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Carter County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.
Water Systems
| System Name | Population | Violations | PFAS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabethton Water Dept | 32,490 | 82 | Clean |
| First U.d. of Carter County | 9,143 | 194 | Clean |
| South Elizabethton U.d. | 6,154 | 27 | Clean |
| Hampton Utility District | 3,529 | 49 | Clean |
| Siam Utility District | 3,319 | 94 | - |
| North Elizabethton Water Co-Op | 1,752 | 95 | - |
| Roan Mountain Utility District | 1,226 | 135 | - |
| Fish Springs Marina | 374 | 43 | - |
| Watauga River Reg Water Auth | 353 | 2 | - |
| Peters Hollow Water System | 196 | 273 | - |
| Roan Mtn St Pk-Cabins | 100 | 7 | - |
| Roan Mtn St Pk-Pool | 93 | 6 | - |
| Johnson Cabins | 73 | 33 | - |
| Black Bear Resort | 69 | 16 | - |
| Cove Creek Campground #2 | 40 | 0 | - |
| Roan Mtn St Pk-Cmpg Check IN | 37 | 8 | - |
| Sugar Hollow RV Park | 34 | 0 | - |
| Dennis Cove Campground - Usfs | 33 | 3 | - |
| Cove Creek Campground #1 | 26 | 14 | - |
| Roan Mtn St Pk-Visitor Center | 25 | 11 | - |
| Roan Mtn St Pk-Maintenance | 25 | 3 | - |
Compare beyond Tennessee
Lower-flagged peers for Carter County
Cross-state counties nearest Carter County on flagged-system share (90.5%) and cumulative violation count (1,095). 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.
Similar violation load
Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).
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