Harbert Hills Academy N.H., TN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.5 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.
Harbert Hills Academy N.H. at a glance
Harbert Hills Academy N.H. serves about 140 people through 1 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Hardin County, Tennessee. EPA system ID: TN0000923; phone on file: 731-925-3098. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Harbert Hills Academy N.H.'s lead record
Against the period ending 2024 (1.4 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Harbert Hills Academy N.H. is 13.9 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (2 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2024 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2022 | 5.87 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2019 | 13.9 ppb over 10 |
| 2016 | 13 ppb over 10 |
How Harbert Hills Academy N.H. 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. Harbert Hills Academy N.H.'s 1.5 ppb sits at the 82nd percentile in Tennessee and the 63rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
4 other systems share Hardin County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Harbert Hills Academy N.H.. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Savannah Utility Department | 19,495 | 1 ppb |
| First U.D. Of Hardin County | 7,602 | 0.4 ppb |
| Saltillo Utility District | 2,216 | 4.4 ppb |
| Aqua Utilities | 1,155 | 4.1 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Savannah, 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 Harbert Hills Academy N.H. 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.