Old Gainesboro Road U.D., 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.
Old Gainesboro Road U.D. at a glance
Old Gainesboro Road U.D. serves about 6,608 people through 2,788 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 Putnam County, Tennessee. EPA system ID: TN0000135; phone on file: 931-523-7210. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2022 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Old Gainesboro Road U.D. is 2.07 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.07 ppb |
| 2016 | 1 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. Old Gainesboro Road U.D.'s 1 ppb sits at the 49th percentile in Tennessee and the 55th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
8 other systems share Putnam County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Old Gainesboro Road U.D.. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Cookeville Water Dept | 49,711 | 1 ppb |
| Algood Water System | 10,042 | 1 ppb |
| Cookeville Boat Dock Rd U.D. | 9,345 | 1 ppb |
| Bangham Utility District | 7,906 | 1 ppb |
| Baxter Water Department | 7,781 | 1 ppb |
| Double Springs U.D. | 6,698 | 1 ppb |
| Monterey Water Dept | 4,880 | 1 ppb |
| Heritage Academy | 100 | 1 ppb |
Next steps for Cookeville, TN
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Cookeville, 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 Old Gainesboro Road U.D. 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.