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Scott County, Tennessee

4 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 24,255 people in Scott County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

4
SDWIS water systems Smaller third of counties
155
Total violations Lower third of counties
75.0%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Lower third of counties
0.0%
UCMR5 PFAS rate (2 tested) Lower third of counties with tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet TN151 · Scott County 4 sys · 155 viol · #1600/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 75.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-HIGH 67.1% health
  • RANK-MID #1600/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 50%
  • SYS-TINY 4 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Scott County ranks #1,600 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #61 of 95 counties in Tennessee. See methodology · corpus placement.

Scott County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 75.0% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 67.1% is health-based share above the upper 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 #1,600 of 3,254 · #61 of 95 in Tennessee.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Scott County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Haywood · lowest Henderson · near Grundy · near Hancock · highest 40% 75% 75% 75% 80% 80% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Huntsville Utility District 12,516 0 Clean
Oneida W&S Comm 10,688 144 Clean
Bandy Creek Campground 1,003 8 -
Charit Creek Lodge 48 3 -

Compare beyond Tennessee

Lower-flagged peers for Scott County

Cross-state counties nearest Scott County on flagged-system share (75.0%) and cumulative violation count (155). 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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