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Giles County, Tennessee

6 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 35,434 people in Giles County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

6
SDWIS water systems Smaller third of counties
432
Total violations Lower third of counties
100.0%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Middle third of counties
66.7%
UCMR5 PFAS rate (3 tested) Upper third of counties with tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet TN055 · Giles County 6 sys · 432 viol · #1211/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-HIGH 46.8% health
  • RANK-UPPER #1211/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 66.7% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 83%
  • SYS-TINY 6 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, Giles County ranks #1,211 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #47 of 95 counties in Tennessee. See methodology · corpus placement.

Giles 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 46.8% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 66.7% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #1,211 of 3,254 · #47 of 95 in Tennessee.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Giles County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Giles 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
Pulaski Water System 10,767 38 Clean
Minor Hill Water U.d. 7,661 131 Detected
South Giles Utility District 6,985 182 -
Fairview Utility District 6,787 18 Detected
Ardmore Water System 1,886 32 -
Lynnville Water Dept 1,348 31 -

Compare beyond Tennessee

Mid-flagged peers for Giles County

Cross-state counties nearest Giles County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (432). 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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