Crockett Mills U.D., TN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.5 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
Who runs the water here
Crockett Mills U.D. serves about 757 people through 304 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Crockett County, Tennessee. EPA system ID: TN0000148; phone on file: 731-696-2425. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2022 (1.1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Crockett Mills U.D. is 6.4 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2019 | 6.4 ppb |
| 2016 | 0.5 ppb |
How Crockett Mills U.D. compares
Of the 453 Tennessee systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1 ppb; 0 are over 15 ppb right now and 10 have gone over at some point. Crockett Mills U.D.'s 1.5 ppb sits at the 82nd percentile in Tennessee and the 64th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
5 other systems share Crockett County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Crockett Mills U.D.. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| County Wide Utility District | 8,528 | 0.7 ppb |
| Alamo Water Department | 3,117 | 0.3 ppb |
| Bells Public Utility District | 2,610 | 4.1 ppb |
| Maury City Water Dept | 1,439 | 0.1 ppb |
| Friendship Distribution Water System | 904 | 0.8 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Crocket Mills, TN may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Crockett Mills U.D. whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.