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DeKalb County, Tennessee: drinking water records

This overview covers 4 ZIP codes and 5 community water systems in DeKalb County. It also stands in for 0 ZIP codes whose utility has too little EPA data for a page of its own.

In focus4ZIP codes in this overview
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2
systems in EPA's PFAS survey
0
systems where PFAS was found
0
systems at or above the PFOA or PFOS limit, on the yearly-average basis EPA uses
0
systems that have reached the lead action level
4
systems with a health-based violation since 2016

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 systemPeople servedPFAS survey resultsPFAS foundHealth-based violationsLead, 9 in 10 homes at or below
Smithville Water System TN00006377,049120011 ppb
Dekalb Utility District #1 TN000018817,960120001 ppb
Alexandria Water System TN00000082,6260020.4 ppb
Dowelltown-Liberty W.S. TN00004031,0650012.2 ppb
Dekalb Utility District #4 TN00008359270022.1 ppb

ZIP reports in DeKalb 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.

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