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McMinn County, Tennessee

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet TN107 · McMinn County 11 sys · 517 viol · #914/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 90.9% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 19.7% health
  • RANK-UPPER #914/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-MID 40.0% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 73%
  • SYS-SMALL 11 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, McMinn County ranks #914 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #32 of 95 counties in Tennessee. See methodology · corpus placement.

McMinn 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 19.7% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 40.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #914 of 3,254 · #32 of 95 in Tennessee.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around McMinn County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Haywood · lowest Hickman · near McMinn · 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
Athens Utilities Board 25,851 43 Detected
Etowah Utilities 12,851 42 Clean
Niota Water System 3,932 34 Clean
Riceville Utility District 3,843 59 Detected
Englewood Water Dept 3,742 67 Clean
Calhoun-Charleston U.d. 2,895 14 -
Resolute Forest Products 200 94 -
Camp Cherokee-McMinn Co 110 59 -
Midway Drive-in Theatre 100 75 -
Camp Living Stones 100 30 -
Athens Stockyard Water System 100 0 -

Compare beyond Tennessee

Lower-flagged peers for McMinn County

Cross-state counties nearest McMinn County on flagged-system share (90.9%) and cumulative violation count (517). 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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