Gladeville Utility District, TN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 7.46 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.
About Gladeville Utility District
Gladeville Utility District serves about 19,813 people through 7,338 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Wilson County, Tennessee. EPA system ID: TN0000264; phone on file: 615-449-0301. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Gladeville Utility District's lead record
That is up 6.46 ppb from 1 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Gladeville Utility District is 7.46 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 7.46 ppb |
| 2024 | 1 ppb |
| 2023 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.07 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. Gladeville Utility District's 7.46 ppb sits at the 99th percentile in Tennessee and the 95th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
6 other systems share Wilson County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Gladeville Utility District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| West Wilson Utility District | 86,978 | 1 ppb |
| Lebanon Water System | 60,669 | 0.7 ppb |
| Wilson Co Water & Wastewater | 22,680 | 1 ppb |
| Laguardo Utility District | 16,175 | 0.4 ppb |
| Watertown Water System | 1,944 | 1 ppb |
| Venue @ 109 | 1,890 | 0.4 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Gladeville, 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 Gladeville Utility District 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.