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White County, Tennessee

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet TN185 · White County 5 sys · 181 viol · #1136/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 11.6% health
  • RANK-UPPER #1136/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-MID 40.0% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 100%
  • SYS-TINY 5 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, White County ranks #1,136 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #43 of 95 counties in Tennessee. See methodology · corpus placement.

White 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 11.6% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 40.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #1,136 of 3,254 · #43 of 95 in Tennessee.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around White County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest White 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
Sparta Water System 10,899 58 Clean
O'Connor Utility District 10,025 34 Clean
Dewhite Utility District 8,219 28 Detected
Quebeck Walling U.d. 5,349 36 Detected
Bon de Croft Utility District 4,577 25 Clean

Compare beyond Tennessee

Mid-flagged peers for White County

Cross-state counties nearest White County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (181). 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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