White Pine Water System, TN
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 5.21 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. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
White Pine Water System at a glance
White Pine Water System serves about 4,171 people through 1,598 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: TN0000746; phone on file: 865-674-2556. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
White Pine Water System's lead record
That is up 2.96 ppb from 2.25 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for White Pine Water System is 29.2 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.21 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.25 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.46 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.4 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.73 ppb |
| 2016 | 29.2 ppb over 15 |
| 2016 | 2.25 ppb |
How White Pine 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. White Pine Water System's 5.21 ppb sits at the 98th percentile in Tennessee and the 92nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Jefferson County
4 other systems share Jefferson County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than White Pine Water System. 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 |
| New Market Utility District | 5,703 | 2.86 ppb |
Next steps for White Pine, TN
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; White Pine, 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 White Pine 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.