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Hamilton County, Tennessee

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet TN065 · Hamilton County 11 sys · 324 viol · #174/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 90.9% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 20.1% health
  • RANK-TOP #174/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 75.0% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 82%
  • SYS-SMALL 11 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Hamilton County ranks #174 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #5 of 95 counties in Tennessee. See methodology · corpus placement.

Hamilton County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 90.9% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 20.1% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 75.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #174 of 3,254 · #5 of 95 in Tennessee.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Hamilton County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Haywood · lowest Hickman · near Hamilton · this county Hancock · highest 40% 90% 90% 90.5% 90.9% 90.9% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Tennessee American Water 211,499 0 Detected
Hixson Utility District 68,306 23 Detected
Eastside Utility District 57,939 16 Detected
Savannah Valley U.d. 30,571 46 Detected
Northwest Utility District 20,794 44 Clean
Walden's Ridge U.d. 9,265 54 Detected
Signal Mountain Water System 7,714 4 Detected
Union Fork-Bakewell U.d. 6,464 26 Clean
Grasshopper Creek Campground 100 65 -
River Drifters Restaurant 100 5 -
Shady Grove Harbor Marina 30 41 -

Compare beyond Tennessee

Lower-flagged peers for Hamilton County

Cross-state counties nearest Hamilton County on flagged-system share (90.9%) and cumulative violation count (324). 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).

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

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