Somerville 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 Somerville Water System
Somerville Water System serves about 5,354 people through 2,150 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 groundwater, in Fayette County, Tennessee. EPA system ID: TN0000641; phone on file: 901-465-7300. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2025 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Somerville Water System is 1.3 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2028 | 1 ppb |
| 2025 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 1.3 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Somerville Water System's 1 ppb sits at the 45th percentile in Tennessee and the 55th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Fayette County
6 other systems share Fayette County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Somerville Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Oakland Water Dept | 15,443 | 0.2 ppb |
| Piperton Water System | 3,197 | 1 ppb |
| Rossville Water System | 1,297 | 0.4 ppb |
| Gallaway Water Dept | 1,158 | 0.09 ppb |
| Moscow Water Dept | 821 | 11.1 ppb |
| Lagrange Water Dept | 230 | 0.2 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Somerville, 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 Somerville 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.