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Roane County, Tennessee

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet TN145 · Roane County 9 sys · 623 viol · #738/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 9.8% health
  • RANK-UPPER #738/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 62.5% 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, Roane County ranks #738 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #23 of 95 counties in Tennessee. See methodology · corpus placement.

Roane 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 9.8% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 62.5% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #738 of 3,254 · #23 of 95 in Tennessee.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Roane County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Roane 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
Harriman Utility Board 16,653 41 Clean
Rockwood Water, Sewer & Gas 11,412 33 Detected
Kingston Water System 11,392 57 Detected
Cumberland Utility District 10,957 128 Detected
Oak Ridge National Lab X-10 5,373 9 Clean
Oliver Springs Water Board 5,361 277 Clean
Roane Central Utility District 5,317 57 Detected
Watts Bar East U.d. 3,927 15 Detected
Cross Eyed Cricket Campground 63 6 -

Compare beyond Tennessee

Mid-flagged peers for Roane County

Cross-state counties nearest Roane County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (623). 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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