Knox County, Tennessee
SDWIS compliance plate
Sheet TN093 · Knox County 9 sys · 406 viol · #117/3254
VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-MID · SRC-SW · SYS-TINY · BOOK-FULL
- VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
- HEALTH-LOW 10.8% health
- RANK-TOP #117/3254
- PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
- PFAS-MID 33.3% detect
- SRC-SW SW lead 67%
- SYS-TINY 9 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, Knox County ranks #117 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #3 of 95 counties in Tennessee. See methodology · corpus placement.
Knox 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 10.8% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 33.3% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #117 of 3,254 · #3 of 95 in Tennessee.
Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Knox County
Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Knox County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.
Water Systems
| System Name | Population | Violations | PFAS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knoxville Utilities Board - Kub | 254,671 | 29 | Detected |
| First U.d. of Knox County | 115,531 | 45 | Detected |
| Hallsdale-Powell U.d. | 84,315 | 68 | Clean |
| West Knox Utility District | 77,825 | 13 | Clean |
| Knox-Chapman Utility District | 41,311 | 71 | Clean |
| Northeast Knox U.d. | 27,941 | 32 | Clean |
| Fort Loudoun Yacht Club | 135 | 38 | - |
| Cemex Const Materials Atl, LLC | 120 | 98 | - |
| Nyrstar TN Mines-Strawberry Plains, LLC | 65 | 12 | - |
Compare beyond Tennessee
Mid-flagged peers for Knox County
Cross-state counties nearest Knox County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (406). 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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