Woodlawn Utility District, TN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.74 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.
Woodlawn Utility District at a glance
Woodlawn Utility District serves about 12,714 people through 4,709 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Montgomery County, Tennessee. EPA system ID: TN0000758; phone on file: 931-552-2921. 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 Woodlawn Utility District is 1.31 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2028 | 0.74 ppb |
| 2025 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 1 ppb |
| 2021 | 1 ppb |
| 2020 | 0.94 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.31 ppb |
| 2016 | 0.5 ppb |
How Woodlawn 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. Woodlawn Utility District's 0.74 ppb sits at the 19th percentile in Tennessee and the 47th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Montgomery County
5 other systems share Montgomery County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Woodlawn Utility District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Clarksville Water Department | 251,864 | 1 ppb |
| East Montgomery U.D. | 18,382 | 1 ppb |
| Cunningham Utility District | 16,068 | 1 ppb |
| Cumberland Heights U.D. | 3,623 | 1 ppb |
| Cunningham East-Montg Wtp | - | 2 ppb |
Next steps for Woodlawn, TN
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Woodlawn, 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 Woodlawn 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.