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Unicoi County, Tennessee

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet TN171 · Unicoi County 4 sys · 146 viol · #1914/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 41.8% health
  • RANK-MID #1914/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 50.0% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 50%
  • SYS-TINY 4 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, Unicoi County ranks #1,914 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #70 of 95 counties in Tennessee. See methodology · corpus placement.

Unicoi 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 41.8% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 50.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #1,914 of 3,254 · #70 of 95 in Tennessee.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Unicoi County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Unicoi 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
Erwin Utilities Authority 12,236 73 Detected
Unicoi Utility District 4,527 27 Clean
Rock Creek Camp - Usfs 120 10 -
Coffee Ridge Baptst Church 50 36 -

Compare beyond Tennessee

Mid-flagged peers for Unicoi County

Cross-state counties nearest Unicoi County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (146). 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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