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Marion County, Tennessee

10 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 28,065 people in Marion County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

10
SDWIS water systems Smaller third of counties
842
Total violations Middle third of counties
90.0%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Lower third of counties
33.3%
UCMR5 PFAS rate (3 tested) Middle third of counties with tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet TN115 · Marion County 10 sys · 842 viol · #1428/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 90.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 39.2% health
  • RANK-MID #1428/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-MID 33.3% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 80%
  • SYS-SMALL 10 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Marion County ranks #1,428 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #54 of 95 counties in Tennessee. See methodology · corpus placement.

Marion County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 90.0% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 39.2% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 33.3% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #1,428 of 3,254 · #54 of 95 in Tennessee.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Marion County

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

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

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

Water Systems

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Lower-flagged peers for Marion County

Cross-state counties nearest Marion County on flagged-system share (90.0%) and cumulative violation count (842). 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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