Greeneville Water Commission, 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.
About Greeneville Water Commission
Greeneville Water Commission serves about 26,657 people through 10,970 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 Greene County, Tennessee. EPA system ID: TN0000273; phone on file: 423-638-3148. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Greeneville Water Commission'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 Greeneville Water Commission is 14.5 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 14.5 ppb over 10 |
| 2017 | 1.01 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.7 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. Greeneville Water Commission's 1 ppb sits at the 70th percentile in Tennessee and the 56th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Greene County
6 other systems share Greene County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Greeneville Water Commission. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Glen Hills Utility District | 17,355 | 1 ppb |
| Chuckey Utility District | 14,369 | 1 ppb |
| Cross Anchor Utility District | 8,449 | 1 ppb |
| Old Knoxville Hwy U.D. | 8,296 | 1 ppb |
| North Greene Utilities, Incorporated | 7,035 | 1 ppb |
| Mosheim Utility District | 2,270 | 1 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Greeneville, 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 Greeneville Water Commission 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.