Laurel Mtn Lakes Water Association, 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 Laurel Mtn Lakes Water Association
Laurel Mtn Lakes Water Association serves about 256 people through 104 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Monroe County, Tennessee. EPA system ID: TN0000936; phone on file: 423-836-2492. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2022 (1.91 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Laurel Mtn Lakes Water Association is 7.95 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.91 ppb |
| 2019 | 7.95 ppb |
| 2016 | 5.05 ppb |
How Laurel Mtn Lakes Water Association 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. Laurel Mtn Lakes Water Association's 1 ppb sits at the 26th percentile in Tennessee and the 52nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Monroe County
5 other systems share Monroe County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Laurel Mtn Lakes Water Association. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Madisonville Water Dept | 15,087 | 1 ppb |
| Tellico Area Services System | 14,836 | 0.5 ppb |
| Sweetwater Utility Board | 13,597 | 1 ppb |
| Tellico Plains Water Dept | 7,759 | 0.5 ppb |
| Mountain Side Estates | 121 | 1.1 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Madisonville, 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 Laurel Mtn Lakes Water Association 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.