Jasper Highlands Water System, TN
Lead detected, under the action levels
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. 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 Jasper Highlands Water System
Jasper Highlands Water System serves about 1,280 people through 516 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Marion County, Tennessee. EPA system ID: TN0008286; phone on file: 423-771-4705. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2025 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Jasper Highlands Water System is 1 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2028 | 1 ppb |
| 2025 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 0.2 ppb |
| 2019 | 0.97 ppb |
How Jasper Highlands Water System 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. Jasper Highlands Water System's 1 ppb sits at the 31st percentile in Tennessee and the 54th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
6 other systems share Marion County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Jasper Highlands Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Jasper Water Dept | 9,779 | 1 ppb |
| Tn American Sequatchie Valley | 8,001 | 1 ppb |
| South Pittsburg Water System | 7,276 | 2.7 ppb |
| Griffith Creek U.D. | 1,104 | 0.3 ppb |
| Suck Creek Water System | 645 | 1 ppb |
| River Landing Condominium Assoc | 52 | 1 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Chattanooga, 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 Jasper Highlands Water System 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.