Elbridge Water Association, TN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 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.
Elbridge Water Association at a glance
Elbridge Water Association serves about 3,239 people through 1,333 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 Obion County, Tennessee. EPA system ID: TN0000220. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Elbridge Water Association's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Elbridge Water Association is 1 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 0.5 ppb |
| 2016 | 0.5 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Elbridge Water Association's 1 ppb sits at the 37th percentile in Tennessee and the 54th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
9 other systems share Obion County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Elbridge Water Association. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Union City Water Dept | 16,180 | 1.5 ppb |
| South Fulton Water System | 4,043 | 0.9 ppb |
| Troy Water System | 2,096 | 0.5 ppb |
| Obion Water Dept | 1,615 | 1.5 ppb |
| Kenton Water Dept | 1,492 | 0.9 ppb |
| Hornbeak Utility District | 1,416 | 1 ppb |
| Samburg Utility District | 758 | 1 ppb |
| Reelfoot Water Association | 644 | 1 ppb |
| Mason Hall Development Corp | 211 | 2.6 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Hornbeak, 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 Elbridge Water Association 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.