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Johnson County, Tennessee

7 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 11,467 people in Johnson County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

7
SDWIS water systems Smaller third of counties
832
Total violations Middle third of counties
85.7%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Lower third of counties
100.0%
UCMR5 PFAS rate (1 tested) Upper third of counties with tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet TN091 · Johnson County 7 sys · 832 viol · #2240/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 85.7% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 25.4% health
  • RANK-LOWER #2240/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 100.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 71%
  • SYS-TINY 7 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Johnson County ranks #2,240 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #82 of 95 counties in Tennessee. See methodology · corpus placement.

Johnson County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 85.7% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 25.4% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 100.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #2,240 of 3,254 · #82 of 95 in Tennessee.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Johnson County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Haywood · lowest Madison · near Chester · near Hancock · highest 40% 85.7% 85.7% 85.7% 85.7% 87.5% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Mountain City Water Dept 9,304 267 Detected
Carderview Utility District 1,130 262 -
Brownlow Utility District 683 193 -
Pioneer Landing 140 71 -
Dyson Grove Baptist Church 100 0 -
Sharpie's Restaurant 85 30 -
Shady Valley Country Store 25 9 -

Compare beyond Tennessee

Lower-flagged peers for Johnson County

Cross-state counties nearest Johnson County on flagged-system share (85.7%) and cumulative violation count (832). 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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