Polk County, Tennessee
SDWIS compliance plate
Sheet TN139 · Polk County 19 sys · 881 viol · #2472/3254
VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-GW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-FULL
- VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
- HEALTH-LOW 15.8% health
- RANK-LOWER #2472/3254
- PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
- PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
- SRC-GW GW lead 84%
- SYS-SMALL 19 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, Polk County ranks #2,472 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #89 of 95 counties in Tennessee. See methodology · corpus placement.
Polk 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 15.8% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #2,472 of 3,254 · #89 of 95 in Tennessee.
Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Polk County
Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Polk County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.
Water Systems
| System Name | Population | Violations | PFAS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Basin Utility District | 2,710 | 63 | - |
| Benton Water System | 2,491 | 180 | - |
| Copperhill Water Dept | 1,217 | 145 | Clean |
| Chilhowee - Usfs | 568 | 7 | - |
| Cherokee Hills U.d. | 258 | 109 | - |
| Mac Point - Usfs | 200 | 4 | - |
| Thunder Rock #2 Cmpg - Usfs | 150 | 3 | - |
| Webb Brothers | 150 | 18 | - |
| Ocoee Adventure Center | 150 | 59 | - |
| Parksville Lake - Usfs | 129 | 32 | - |
| Whitewater Express, Inc | 100 | 29 | - |
| Eagle Ranch Adventure Co., Inc. | 100 | 10 | - |
| Wildwater Limited | 75 | 28 | - |
| Camp Cherokee-Polk Co | 75 | 22 | - |
| Hiwassee Outfitters | 50 | 58 | - |
| Fairview Bapt Church-Reliance | 50 | 43 | - |
| Raft One Whitewater | 50 | 17 | - |
| Reliance Fly and Tackle | 50 | 4 | - |
| Mona & Larry's | 30 | 50 | - |
Compare beyond Tennessee
Mid-flagged peers for Polk County
Cross-state counties nearest Polk County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (881). 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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