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Obion County, Tennessee

11 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 31,591 people in Obion County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

11
SDWIS water systems Smaller third of counties
558
Total violations Lower third of counties
100.0%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Middle third of counties
0.0%
UCMR5 PFAS rate (2 tested) Lower third of counties with tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet TN131 · Obion County 11 sys · 558 viol · #1318/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 5.4% health
  • RANK-MID #1318/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-SMALL 11 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, Obion County ranks #1,318 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #50 of 95 counties in Tennessee. See methodology · corpus placement.

Obion 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 5.4% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #1,318 of 3,254 · #50 of 95 in Tennessee.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Obion County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Haywood · lowest Hancock · highest Knox · near Montgomery · near 40% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Union City Water Dept 16,180 14 Clean
South Fulton Water System 3,932 37 Clean
Elbridge Water Association 3,239 30 -
Troy Water System 2,096 7 -
Obion Water Dept 1,615 34 -
Kenton Water Dept 1,492 62 -
Hornbeak Utility District 1,416 51 -
Samburg Utility District 736 136 -
Reelfoot Water Association 644 73 -
Mason Hall Development Corp 211 95 -
Alamo Baptist Church 30 19 -

Compare beyond Tennessee

Mid-flagged peers for Obion County

Cross-state counties nearest Obion County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (558). 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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