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What is in the water at 37322
3 public water systems serve this ZIP code in the federal records. Everything below comes from EPA monitoring data, and everything missing is named.
ATHENS UTILITIES BOARD
PWSID TN0000024 · TN · serves 25,851 people
PFAS and lithium
1 compound detected at or above the reporting limit under EPA’s UCMR 5 monitoring, across 1 sample.
| Compound | Highest detected | Samples | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
| PFBS | 0.012 µg/L | 1 | 3/27/2024 |
A detection is a measurement, not a violation and not a health finding. EPA states that UCMR 5 results do not indicate compliance or non-compliance with any limit.
Health-based violations
No open health-based violation on record. This covers MCL, treatment technique and MRDL violations in SDWIS that have not been returned to compliance. It excludes monitoring and reporting violations, which are the large majority nationally, so this is not “no violations”, and SDWIS completeness varies by state.
Hardness
Median hardness 155 mg/L as CaCO₃, measured at 2 stations serving this system across 20 results, 2015-03-17 to 2022-07-19. Measured in the water source and distribution area, not at a tap, and not in your home.
DECATUR WATER DEPT
PWSID TN0000183 · TN · serves 6,281 people · service area inferred by a model, not supplied by the state
PFAS and lithium
Sampled, nothing detected. Tested for 30 compounds under UCMR 5 with none found at or above its reporting limit. A reporting limit is the lowest concentration the method can measure, so this means “below that” rather than “zero”.
Health-based violations
No open health-based violation on record. This covers MCL, treatment technique and MRDL violations in SDWIS that have not been returned to compliance. It excludes monitoring and reporting violations, which are the large majority nationally, so this is not “no violations”, and SDWIS completeness varies by state.
Hardness
No hardness measurement. Hardness is measured at environmental monitoring stations, and none fell inside this system’s service area. That is a gap in where monitoring happens, not a finding about the water.
WATTS BAR UTILITY DISTRICT
PWSID TN0000872 · TN · serves 15,571 people
PFAS and lithium
1 compound detected at or above the reporting limit under EPA’s UCMR 5 monitoring, across 2 samples.
| Compound | Highest detected | Samples | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
| PFBA | 0.0075 µg/L | 2 | 7/16/2024 |
A detection is a measurement, not a violation and not a health finding. EPA states that UCMR 5 results do not indicate compliance or non-compliance with any limit.
Health-based violations
No open health-based violation on record. This covers MCL, treatment technique and MRDL violations in SDWIS that have not been returned to compliance. It excludes monitoring and reporting violations, which are the large majority nationally, so this is not “no violations”, and SDWIS completeness varies by state.
Hardness
Median hardness 83 mg/L as CaCO₃, measured at 2 stations serving this system across 22 results, 2015-03-17 to 2022-08-15. Measured in the water source and distribution area, not at a tap, and not in your home.
What this report cannot tell you
Every figure describes water at a sampling point: a treatment plant, an entry point to the distribution system, or a monitoring station. None of it describes water arriving at your tap. Plumbing between the two can add lead and copper, and if your home was built before 1986 a test kit tells you something no federal dataset can.
Sources: EPA UCMR 5 occurrence (final release, frozen July 2026) · EPA SDWIS health-based violations · USGS and state monitoring via the Water Quality Portal · EPA Public Water System Service Area Boundaries v3. Compiled 2026-09-01 · 1 of 3 service areas here are modelled.