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Grundy County, Tennessee

5 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 19,807 people in Grundy County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

5
SDWIS water systems Smaller third of counties
287
Total violations Lower third of counties
80.0%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Lower third of counties
0.0%
UCMR5 PFAS rate (3 tested) Lower third of counties with tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet TN061 · Grundy County 5 sys · 287 viol · #1781/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 80.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-HIGH 49.1% health
  • RANK-MID #1781/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 100%
  • SYS-TINY 5 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Grundy County ranks #1,781 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #67 of 95 counties in Tennessee. See methodology · corpus placement.

Grundy County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 80.0% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 49.1% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #1,781 of 3,254 · #67 of 95 in Tennessee.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Grundy County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Haywood · lowest Scott · near Sequatchie · near Hancock · highest 40% 75% 75% 80% 80% 80.4% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Big Creek Utility District 9,211 52 Clean
Tracy City Water System 5,692 124 Clean
Monteagle Public Utility Board 4,179 103 Clean
Monteagle Sunday School Assmbly 525 8 -
The Caverns Water System 200 0 -

Compare beyond Tennessee

Lower-flagged peers for Grundy County

Cross-state counties nearest Grundy County on flagged-system share (80.0%) and cumulative violation count (287). 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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