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Carter County, Tennessee: drinking water records
This overview covers 5 ZIP codes and 9 community water systems in Carter County. It also stands in for 0 ZIP codes whose utility has too little EPA data for a page of its own.
System population figures are summed from EPA registry records and can overlap where wholesalers and retail systems serve the same people. They are not a Census county-population estimate.
Water systems with the most complete records
| Water system | People served | PFAS survey results | PFAS found | Health-based violations | Lead, 9 in 10 homes at or below |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First U.D. of Carter County TN0000094 | 9,143 | 120 | 0 | 1 | 1 ppb |
| Elizabethton Water Dept TN0000221 | 32,490 | 420 | 0 | 0 | 1 ppb |
| South Elizabethton U.D. TN0000646 | 6,244 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 1 ppb |
| Hampton Utility District TN0000282 | 4,354 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 ppb |
| Siam Utility District TN0000633 | 3,319 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 ppb |
| North Elizabethton Water Co-Op TN0000223 | 1,555 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 ppb |
| Roan Mountain Utility District TN0000584 | 1,226 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 ppb |
| Watauga River Reg Water Auth TN0008278 | 353 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 ppb |
| Peters Hollow Water System TN0000802 | 196 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 ppb |
ZIP reports in Carter County
No ZIP report in this county is published yet.
Sources and scope
EPA UCMR 5 occurrence data, samples collected 2023-01-03 – 2026-06-17, final release, August 2026 (file dated Aug 28, 2026); EPA SDWIS via ECHO, 2026Q2 extract (file dated Jul 9, 2026); EPA service-area boundaries v3.0; Census 2020 ZCTAs. Page generated 2026-09-03.
Counts cover the systems that report this county to EPA. A water system may cross county lines. "Found" means at least one result at or above the laboratory reporting level; it is not a compliance finding.