Gatlinburg Water Dept, TN
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2028). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Who runs the water here
Gatlinburg Water Dept serves about 8,877 people through 3,481 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Sevier County, Tennessee. EPA system ID: TN0000256; phone on file: 865-436-4681. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Gatlinburg Water Dept's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Gatlinburg Water Dept is 23.6 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2028 | 1 ppb |
| 2025 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 1 ppb |
| 2021 | 1 ppb |
| 2021 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 23.6 ppb over 15 |
| 2019 | 1.88 ppb |
| 2016 | 0.5 ppb |
Against other Tennessee systems
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. Gatlinburg Water Dept's 1 ppb sits at the 53rd percentile in Tennessee and the 55th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
10 other systems share Sevier County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Gatlinburg Water Dept. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Sevierville Water System | 39,885 | 2.97 ppb |
| Pigeon Forge Water Department | 14,872 | 1 ppb |
| Sevier County Water Department | 6,194 | 1 ppb |
| Webb Creek Utility District | 1,737 | 1 ppb |
| Chalet Village North | 1,203 | 1 ppb |
| East Sevier County U.D. | 815 | 1.67 ppb |
| Riverside Campground | 450 | 1.58 ppb |
| Venture Out At Gatlinburg | 328 | 0.6 ppb |
| Norton Creek Water System | 107 | 3.08 ppb |
| Wears Valley Ranch | 75 | 1.17 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Gatlinburg, 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 Gatlinburg Water Dept 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. More in what a past exceedance means today.