Greenbrier Water & Sewer Dept, TN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.3 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 Greenbrier Water & Sewer Dept
Greenbrier Water & Sewer Dept serves about 9,162 people through 3,419 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 Robertson County, Tennessee. EPA system ID: TN0000271; phone on file: 615-642-4531. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Greenbrier Water & Sewer Dept'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 Greenbrier Water & Sewer Dept is 2.6 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.3 ppb |
| 2022 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 0.5 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.6 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. Greenbrier Water & Sewer Dept's 0.3 ppb sits at the 7th percentile in Tennessee and the 41st nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
2 other systems share Robertson County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Greenbrier Water & Sewer Dept. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Springfield Water System | 46,546 | 1 ppb |
| West Robertson Water Authority | 5,915 | 1 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Greenbrier, 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 Greenbrier Water & Sewer 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.