New Market Utility District, TN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.86 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.
Who runs the water here
New Market Utility District serves about 5,703 people through 2,185 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 Jefferson County, Tennessee. EPA system ID: TN0000499; phone on file: 865-475-2467. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
New Market Utility District's lead record
That is down 4.17 ppb from 7.03 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for New Market Utility District is 7.03 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2028 | 2.86 ppb |
| 2025 | 7.03 ppb |
| 2022 | 5.44 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.57 ppb |
| 2016 | 5.5 ppb |
How New Market Utility District 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. New Market Utility District's 2.86 ppb sits at the 92nd percentile in Tennessee and the 80th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
4 other systems share Jefferson County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than New Market Utility District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Shady Grove Utility District | 27,672 | 2.53 ppb |
| Dandridge Water Mgmt Facility | 9,931 | 1 ppb |
| Jefferson City W&S Comm | 9,764 | 1.7 ppb |
| White Pine Water System | 4,171 | 5.21 ppb |
Next steps for New Market, TN
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; New Market, 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 New Market Utility District 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.