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PFAS in drinking water: Tennessee

EPA UCMR 5 results for 277 public water systems. 87 had at least one PFAS detected; 37 had a highest single PFOA or PFOS result above 4.0 ppt.

UCMR 5 is a one-time EPA monitoring program, not a compliance determination. The values shown are the highest single sample result at any of the system's sampling points; one result above 4.0 ppt does not mean the system violates the PFAS rule, which is judged on running annual averages under separate compliance monitoring. Results describe the public water system, not an individual home.

Water systemServesPFOA max (ppt)PFOS max (ppt)PFAS detected
Adamsville Water System
TN0000002
AdamsvilleNDND0
Alcoa Water System
TN0000007
Alcoa, MaryvilleNDND0
Algood Water System
TN0000009
Putnam CountyNDND0
Allardt Water Works
TN0000010
Fentress CountyNDND0
Alpha-Talbott Utility District
TN0000014
Hamblen CountyNDND3
Anderson County Water Authority
TN0000514
Lake CityNDND1
Arthur-Shawanee Utility District
TN0000022
HarrogateNDND0
Ashland City Water Department
TN0000023
Ashland CityNDND0
Athens Utilities Board
TN0000024
AthensNDND1
Atoka Water System
TN0000033
Tipton CountyNDND0
Bangham Utility District
TN0000038
Putnam CountyNDND0
Bartlett Water System
TN0000765
BartlettNDND0
Baxter Water Department
TN0000040
BaxterNDND0
Bean Station Utility District
TN0000041
Bean StationNDND3
Bedford County Utility District
TN0000517
Shelbyville8.24.85
Big Creek Utility District
TN0000122
AltamontNDND0
Bloomingdale Utility District
TN0000056
KingsportND4.31
Blountville Utility District
TN0000058
Sullivan CountyNDND0
Bolivar Water System
TN0000063
BolivarNDND0
Bon Aqua-Lyles Utility District
TN0000066
LylesNDND0
Bon De Croft Utility District
TN0000653
SpartaNDND0
Brentwood Water Deptartment
TN0000069
BrentwoodNDND0
Brighton Water System
TN0000070
Tipton CountyNDND0
Bristol Deptartment of Utilities
TN0000073
BristolNDND0
Bristol-Bluff City Utility District
TN0000079
BristolNDND0
Brownsville Water Dept
TN0000080
BrownsvilleNDND1
Byrdstown Water Dept
TN0000088
ByrdstownNDND1
Camden Water Dept
TN0000090
Camden13247
Carthage Water System
TN0000095
Cartahage, CarthageNDND0
Caryville-Jacksboro Utilities Commission
TN0000322
JacksboroNDND1
Castalian Springs-Bethpage U D
TN0000097
Sumner CountyNDND0
Celina Water System
TN0000099
CelinaNDND0
Center Grove-Winchester SPGS
TN0000101
Estill SpringsNDND0
Centerville Water System
TN0000103
CentervilleNDND0
Chuckey Utility District
TN0000108
Greene CountyNDND1
City of Maryville Water and Sewer Dept
TN0000438
MaryvilleNDND0
Claiborne Utilities District
TN0000113
New TazewellNDND0
Clarksville Water Department
TN0000116
ClarksvilleNDND0
Cleveland Utilities
TN0000117
ClevelandNDND3
Clifton Water Dept
TN0000119
Clifton9.4175
Clinton Utilities Board
TN0000120
ClintonNDND0
Collierville Water Dept
TN0000126
ColliervilleNDND0
Columbia Power and Water Systems
TN0000128
ColumbiaNDND1
Consolidated U D of Rutherford
TN0000791
MurfreesboroNDND4
Cookeville Boat Dock Road UD
TN0000134
Putnam CountyNDND0
Cookeville Water Dept
TN0000133
CookevilleNDND0
Copperhill Water Dept.
TN0000136
Polk CountyNDND0
Cordell Hull Utility District
TN0000096
Smith CountyNDND0
County Wide Utility District
TN0000006
AlamoNDND2
Covington Water Dept
TN0000144
CovingtonNDND0
Crab Orchard Utility District
TN0000147
CrossvilleNDND0
Cross Anchor Utility District
TN0000149
Greene CountyNDND0
Crossville Water Dept
TN0000150
CrossvilleNDND0
Cumberland Heights Utility District
TN0000166
Montgomery CountyNDND0
Cumberland Utility District
TN0000531
HarrimanNDND1
Cunningham Utility District
TN0000167
Montgomery CountyNDND0
Dandridge Water Management Facility
TN0000170
DandridgeND4.16
Dayton Water Dept
TN0000174
DaytonNDND0
Decatur Water Dept
TN0000183
DecaturNDND0
Decherd Water Dept.
TN0000187
DecherdNDND0
Dekalb Utility District #1
TN0000188
DeKalb CountyNDND0
Dewhite Utility District
TN0000190
White CountyND4.11
Double Springs Utility Distric
TN0000192
Putnam CountyNDND0
Dover Water Dept, TN
TN0000193
DoverNDND0
Dresden Water Dept
TN0000196
DresdenNDND0
Dunlap Water System
TN0000205
DunlapNDND0
Dyersburg Sub Cons U D
TN0000212
DyersburgNDND0
Dyersburg Water Dept
TN0000211
DyersburgNDND0
East Montgomery Utility District
TN0000218
Montgomery CountyNDND0
Eastside Utility District
TN0000219
ChattanoogaNDND1
Elizabethton Water Dept
TN0000221
ElizabethtonNDND0
Englewood Water Dept
TN0000224
EnglewoodNDND0
Erin Water Department
TN0000230
ErinNDND1
Erwin Utilities Authority
TN0000231
Erwin4.16.74
Estill Springs Water Department
TN0000232
Estill SpringsNDND0
Etowah Utilities
TN0000233
EtowahNDND0
Fairview Utility District
TN0000563
Giles CountyND6.22
Fall Creek Falls Utility Dist
TN0000552
Bledsoe CountyNDND0
Fayetteville Public Utilities
TN0000242
FayettevilleNDND0
Fentress County U.D.
TN0000244
Fentress CountyNDND0
First U D of Carter Co
TN0000094
Elizabethon, ElizabethtonNDND0
First U D of Tipton Co
TN0000703
CovingtonNDND0
First U.D. of Hardin County
TN0000546
Counce17.325.98
First Util Dist of Knox County
TN0000369
KnoxvilleNDND2
First Utility District of Hawkins County
TN0000109
Church HillNDND1
Fort Campbell Water System
TN0000820
Montgomery County6.427.37
Franklin Water Dept
TN0000246
Franklin, Franklin PikeNDND1
Friendsville Water Works
TN0000249
Blount CountyNDND0
Gallatin Water Department
TN0000253
GallatinNDND0
Gatlinburg Water Dept
TN0000256
GatlinburgNDND0
Germantown Water Dept
TN0000262
GermantownNDND0
Gibson Co Mun Water Dist #4
TN0000813
TrentonNDND0
Gladeville Utility District
TN0000264
LebanonNDND0
Glen Hills Utility District
TN0000266
Greene CountyNDND0
Graysville Water Dept.
TN0000269
GraysvilleNDND0
Greenbrier Water & Sewer Dept.
TN0000271
GreenbrierNDND0
Greeneville Water & Light Comm
TN0000273
GreenevilleNDND0
H.B.& T.S. Utility District
TN0000699
Williamson CountyNDND0
Halls Water System
TN0000279
HallsNDND0
Hallsdale-Powell Utility District
TN0000280
KnoxvilleNDND0
Hampton Utility District
TN0000282
HamptonNDND0
Harpeth Valley U D
TN0000286
NashvilleNDND0
Harriman Utility Board
TN0000287
HarrimanNDND0
Hartsville-Troudale Wat/Sew U D
TN0000291
HartsvilleNDND0
Henderson Water Dept.
TN0000293
HendersonNDND0
Hendersonville U D
TN0000294
HendersonvilleNDND0
Hillsville Utility District
TN0000430
Coffee County11.97.37
Hixson Utility District
TN0000303
HixsonNDND2
Hohenwald Water System
TN0000304
HohenwaldNDND0
Humbolt Utilities-Water Dept
TN0000314
HumboldtNDND0
Huntingdon Water Dept
TN0000316
Huntingdon, HuntingtonNDND0
Huntsville Utility District
TN0000318
HuntsvilleNDND0
Jackson Water System
TN0000299
JacksonND203
Jamestown Water Dept
TN0000324
JamestownNDND0
Jasper Water Dept
TN0000325
JasperNDND0
Jefferson City Water & Sewer C
TN0000328
Jefferson CityNDND2
Jellico Water Dept
TN0000330
JellicoNDND0
Johnson City Water Dept
TN0000331
Johnson CityNDND0
Jonesborough Water Dept
TN0000338
JonesboroughNDND0
Kingsport Water Dept
TN0000349
KingsportND5.91
Kingston Water System
TN0000360
KingstonNDND1
Knox-Chapman Utility District
TN0000367
KnoxvilleNDND0
Knoxville Utilities Board-Kub
TN0000366
KnoxvilleNDND1
La Follette Utilities Board
TN0000374
La Follette, LafolletteNDND0
La Vergne Water System
TN0000386
Lavergne5.5ND5
Lafayette Water System
TN0000373
LafayetteNDND0
Laguardo Utility District
TN0000394
Wilson CountyNDND0
Lakeview UD West
TN0000596
RogersvilleNDND0
Lauderdale Co Water System
TN0000581
RipleyNDND0
Lawrenceburg Utility Systems
TN0000392
LawrenceburgNDND0
Lebanon Water System
TN0000393
LebanonNDND0
Lenoir City Utility Board
TN0000396
Lenoir CityND4.64
Leoma Utility District
TN0000399
LeomaNDND0
Lewisburg Water System
TN0000400
Lewisburg8.85.36
Lexington Water Systems
TN0000402
LexingtonNDND0
Lincoln Co BD of P.U. #1
TN0000764
FayettevilleNDND0
Linden Water Dept
TN0000404
LindenNDND0
Livingston Water Dept
TN0000405
LivingstonNDND0
Loretto Water Department
TN0000408
LorettoNDND0
Loudon Utilities Board
TN0000409
LoudonNDND0
Luttrell-Blaine-Corryton U.D.
TN0000415
LuttrellNDND1
Madison Suburban UD
TN0000424
MadisonNDND0
Madisonville Water Dept
TN0000425
MadisonvilleNDND0
Mallory Valley Utility District
TN0000428
Williamson CountyNDND0
Manchester Water Department, TN
TN0000429
Coffee County11.66.68
Marshall Co BD P.U. #1
TN0000105
Marshall County1157
Martin Water Dept
TN0000435
MartinNDND0
Mason Water Dept
TN0000440
MasonNDND0
Maury Co Water System
TN0000770
Maury County7.14.16
Maynardville Water Dept
TN0000442
MaynardvilleNDND3
Mckenzie Water Dept
TN0000421
MckenzieNDND0
Mcminnville Water Dept
TN0000423
McminnvilleNDND1
Memphis Light, Gas, & Water
TN0000450
MemphisNDND0
Metro Lynchburg/Moore County Ut Dept #1
TN0000416
LynchburgNDND0
Milan Water Dept
TN0000458
MilanNDND0
Milcrofton Utility District
TN0000247
Williamson CountyNDND0
Millington Water Dept
TN0000463
MillingtonNDND0
Minor Hill Water Util Dist
TN0000469
Giles CountyND51
Monteagle Public Utility Board
TN0000470
MonteagleNDND0
Monterey Water Dept
TN0000471
MontereyNDND0
Morristown Water System
TN0000474
MorristownNDND1
Mount Pleasant Wat Sys #1
TN0000488
Mount PleasantNDND0
Mountain City Water Dept.
TN0000479
Mountain CityNDND1
Munford Water Dept
TN0000490
MunfordNDND0
Murfreesboro Water Department
TN0000491
Murfreesboro6ND5
Nashville Water Dept
TN0000494
NashvilleNDND0
New Market Utility District
TN0000499
New MarketNDND2
Newbern Water Dept
TN0000496
NewbernNDND0
Newport Utilities Board
TN0000500
NewportNDND0
Niota Water System
TN0000510
McMinn CountyNDND0
Nolensville-College Grove UD
TN0000511
Nolensville8.1ND6
North Greene Utilities, Incorporated
TN0000274
GreenevilleNDND0
North Overton Utility District
TN0000013
Overton CountyNDND1
North Stewart Utility District
TN0000195
DoverNDND1
North U.D. of Decatur/Benton Co.
TN0000883
Parsons11.220.36
North West Utility District
TN0000169
Soddy-DaisyNDND0
Northeast Henry Co Util Dis
TN0000540
SpringvilleNDND0
Northeast Knox U D
TN0000515
Corryton, KnoxvilleNDND0
Northeast Lawrence Utility Dis
TN0000389
Lawrence CountyNDND0
Northwest Clay County Utility
TN0000573
MossNDND1
Northwest Dyersburg U D
TN0000518
DyersburgNDND0
Nsa - Midsouth
TN0000468
MillingtonNDND0
O'Connor Utility District
TN0000526
White CountyNDND0
Oak Ridge Dept of Public Works
TN0000522
Oak RidgeNDND0
Oak Ridge National Lab X-10
TN0001060
Roane CountyNDND0
Oakland Water Dept, TN
TN0000521
OaklandNDND0
Ocoee Utility District
TN0000525
Cleveland64.56
Old Gainesboro Road Util Dist
TN0000135
Putnam CountyNDND0
Old Knoxville Hwy U D
TN0000530
Greene CountyNDND1
Oliver Springs Water Board
TN0000523
Oliver SpringsNDND0
Oneida W&S Comm
TN0000532
OneidaNDND0
Paris BD of Public Utilities
TN0000536
ParisNDND0
Parsons Water Department
TN0000541
Parsons6.9135
Persia Utility District
TN0000594
RogersvilleNDND1
Pigeon Forge Water Department
TN0000548
Pigeon ForgeNDND0
Pikeville Water System
TN0000551
PikevilleNDND0
Plateau Utility District
TN0000729
WartburgNDND1
Pleasant View Utility District
TN0000558
Pleasant ViewNDND0
Poplar Grove Utility District
TN0000201
AtokaNDND0
Portland Water System
TN0000559
PortlandNDND0
Pulaski Water System
TN0000562
PulaskiNDND0
Quebeck Walling Utility Dist
TN0000569
White CountyNDND1
Red Boiling Springs Water Syst
TN0000572
Red Boiling SpringsNDND0
Riceville Utility District
TN0000576
RicevilleNDND1
Ridgely Water System
TN0000579
RidgelyNDND0
Ripley Water System
TN0000580
RipleyNDND0
River Road Utility District
TN0000582
Ashland CityNDND1
Roane Central Utility District
TN0000457
Roane CountyNDND1
Rockwood Water System
TN0000590
RockwoodNDND1
Rogersville Water System
TN0000593
RogersvilleNDND0
Russellville Whitesburg U D
TN0000598
Hamblen CountyNDND0
Savannah Utility Dept
TN0000611
SavannahND15.83
Savannah Valley U. D.
TN0000613
Georgetown35188
Scotts Hill Water System
TN0000614
Scotts Hill4.6174
Second South Cheatham U.D.
TN0000645
Kingston Springs, Kingston Springs TnNDND0
Selmer Water System
TN0000615
SelmerNDND0
Sevier County Water Department
TN0008279
Sevier CountyNDND1
Sevierville Water System
TN0000617
SeviervilleNDND0
Sewanee Utility District
TN0000623
SewaneeNDND0
Shady Grove Utility District
TN0000626
Jefferson CountyND4.22
Sharon Water System
TN0000627
SharonNDND0
Shelbyville Water System
TN0000628
Shelbyville7.95.96
Signal Mountain Water System
TN0000634
Hamilton CountyNDND2
Smith Utility District
TN0000636
South CarthageNDND1
Smithville Water System
TN0000637
SmithvilleNDND0
Smyrna Water System
TN0000639
Smyrna5.8ND5
Somerville Water System
TN0000641
SomervilleNDND0
South Blount Utility District
TN0000643
MaryvilleNDND0
South Cumberland U.D.
TN0000159
Cumberland CountyNDND0
South Elizabethton Utility Dis
TN0000646
Carter CountyNDND0
South Fork Utility District
TN0000644
Sullivan CountyNDND0
South Fulton Water System
TN0000648
South FultonNDND0
South Pittsburg Water System
TN0000651
South Pattsburg, South PittsburgNDND2
South Side U.D. #1
TN0000904
Smith CountyNDND0
Sparta Water System
TN0000652
SpartaNDND0
Spencer Water System
TN0000655
SpencerNDND0
Spring Hill Water Dept
TN0000667
Spring Hill6.1ND5
Springfield Water System
TN0000666
SpringfieldNDND1
Summertown Water System
TN0000676
SummertownNDND0
Sweetwater Utility Board
TN0000687
SweetwaterNDND0
Sylvia-Tenn City-Pond U. D.
TN0000691
Dickson CountyNDND0
TN American-Sequatchie Valley
TN0000749
WhitwellNDND0
Tellico Area Services System
TN0000726
VonoreNDND0
Tellico Plains Water Dept
TN0000693
Etowah, Tellico PlainsNDND0
Tellico Village Poa
TN0000871
Loudon CountyNDND0
Tennessee American Water
TN0000107
ChattanoogaNDND2
Tennessee Ridge Water System
TN0000698
Tennessee RidgeNDND0
Tracy City Water System
TN0000706
Tracy CityNDND0
Trenton Water System
TN0000707
TrentonND272
Tuckaleechee Utility District
TN0000714
Blount CountyNDND0
Tullahoma Utilities Authority
TN0000715
Coffee County9.64.87
Unicoi Utility District
TN0000719
Unicoi CountyNDND0
Union City Water Dept
TN0000720
Union CityNDND0
Union Fork-Bakewell Utility District
TN0000037
BakewellNDND0
Walden's Ridge Utility District
TN0000635
Signal MountainNDND1
Warren County Utility District
TN0000818
McminnvilleNDND1
Wartrace Water System
TN0000730
Wartrace, Watrtace11.66.17
Water Auth. of Dickson County
TN0000191
DicksonNDND0
Watts Bar East U.D.
TN0000969
Roane CountyNDND2
Watts Bar Utility District
TN0000872
Harriman, KingstonNDND1
Waverly Water Department
TN0000733
New Johnsonville, WaverlyNDND0
Waynesboro Water System
TN0000736
WaynesboroNDND0
West Cumberland U.D.
TN0000557
Cumberland CountyNDND0
West Knox Utility District
TN0000371
KnoxvilleNDND0
West Overton Utility District
TN0000578
Overton CountyNDND0
West Robertson Water Authority
TN0000001
Adams, Cedar HillNDND0
West Warren-Viola U. D.
TN0000742
MorrisonNDND0
West Wilson Utility District
TN0000743
Mount Juliet, Mt. JulietNDND0
Westmoreland Water System
TN0000738
WestmorelandNDND0
White House Utility District
TN0000745
Hendersonville, White HouseNDND0
White Pine Water System
TN0000746
White PineND4.23
Wilson Co Water & Wastewater
TN0000790
Wilson County6.5ND5
Winchester Water System
TN0000754
WinchesterNDND0
Witt Utility District
TN0000650
Hamblen CountyNDND0
Woodbury Water System
TN0000756
WoodburyNDND0
Woodlawn Utility District
TN0000758
Montgomery CountyNDND0
Y-12 Nnsa Production Office
TN0001068
Anderson CountyNDND1

ND = not detected (below the 4 ppt UCMR 5 reporting level). Values are the highest single sample result, not an annual average.

Source: EPA UCMR 5 final occurrence data (EPA page last updated 2026-08-28; samples collected January 2023 – December 2025) ↗.

PFAS disclaimer: PFAS results are copied from EPA's UCMR 5 dataset and describe samples taken at a public water system's entry points between 2023 and 2025, not water at any specific address. Levels may have changed since sampling (for example, after new treatment). “Not detected” means below EPA's UCMR 5 minimum reporting level, not zero. This is not a compliance determination or a water test. Contact your water utility for current information.