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Putnam County, Tennessee

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet TN141 · Putnam County 9 sys · 427 viol · #572/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-SW · SYS-TINY · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 11.5% health
  • RANK-TOP #572/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 89%
  • 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, Putnam County ranks #572 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #15 of 95 counties in Tennessee. See methodology · corpus placement.

Putnam 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 11.5% 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 #572 of 3,254 · #15 of 95 in Tennessee.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Putnam County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Putnam 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
Cookeville Water Dept 48,455 14 Clean
Algood Water System 10,042 29 Clean
Cookeville Boat Dock RD U.d. 8,966 72 Clean
Bangham Utility District 7,906 11 Clean
Baxter Water Department 7,781 67 Clean
Double Springs U.d. 6,567 16 Clean
Old Gainesboro Road U.d. 6,214 28 Clean
Monterey Water Dept 5,072 116 Clean
Heritage Academy 100 74 -

Compare beyond Tennessee

Mid-flagged peers for Putnam County

Cross-state counties nearest Putnam County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (427). 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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