First U.D. Of Hawkins Co #2, 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.
Who runs the water here
First U.D. Of Hawkins Co #2 serves about 813 people through 336 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 Hawkins County, Tennessee. EPA system ID: TN0000939; phone on file: 423-357-7511. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
First U.D. Of Hawkins Co #2'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 First U.D. Of Hawkins Co #2 is 1.65 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.27 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.65 ppb |
How First U.D. Of Hawkins Co #2 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. First U.D. Of Hawkins Co #2's 1 ppb sits at the 29th percentile in Tennessee and the 53rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
7 other systems share Hawkins County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than First U.D. Of Hawkins Co #2. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| First U.D. Of Hawkins County | 19,972 | 1 ppb |
| Rogersville Water Dept | 13,729 | 1 ppb |
| Persia Utility District | 4,966 | 1 ppb |
| Lakeview U.D. West | 2,684 | 2.01 ppb |
| Surgoinsville Utility District | 2,609 | 2.92 ppb |
| Mooresburg Utility District | 1,836 | 1 ppb |
| Lakeview U.D. East | 1,324 | 2.21 ppb |
Next steps for Church Hill, TN
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Church Hill, 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 First U.D. Of Hawkins Co #2 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.