What is the Munimetric score for Tennessee?

Munimetric assigns a state-level average MISI score based on the individual scores of all covered community water systems in Tennessee. The state average, band distribution, and market-level rankings are shown on this page. Higher MISI values indicate greater structural stress.

Which water systems in Tennessee face the most infrastructure stress?

The state page ranks the highest-stress systems in Tennessee by MISI score. Stress reflects operational burden, capital gaps, revenue fragility, rate affordability constraints, and governance risk, not a single compliance event. The headline remains a blended structural stress composite rather than a pure physical-condition index. Workflow actions remain reserved for account access.

How does Tennessee compare to other states for drinking water infrastructure risk?

Tennessee is compared against all 50 states and territories using average MISI score, market count, and band distribution. Munimetric tracks nationwide coverage across 9,000+ scored service markets.

Are there lead pipe or corrosion-related concerns in Tennessee water systems?

Where lead and copper rule compliance data is available from EPA SDWA records, Munimetric factors it into the Operational Stress family score. Specific lead service line inventories vary by system. Individual system profiles contain the most detailed compliance context available.

Does Munimetric include PFAS monitoring context for Tennessee water systems?

Munimetric summarizes stored PFAS monitoring context where public contaminant-monitoring records are available. Missing PFAS summaries remain missing records, not non-detections, and this public-record layer does not change the MISI score by itself.

What compliance signals are active in Tennessee?

Munimetric tracks signals such as compliance escalation, monitoring and reporting failures, population decline, income erosion, data staleness, and parent-government fiscal stress across Tennessee water systems.

Does Munimetric track boil water advisories in Tennessee?

Munimetric does not track real-time boil water advisories. For current advisories, contact your local water utility or state drinking water program. Munimetric monitors structural conditions that provide context around system reliability over time.

How many covered systems in Tennessee have recent recorded drinking-water violations?

Stored public records show 103 covered systems with recent drinking-water violations, with 583 recorded violations across 261 covered systems in the recent 3 years window.

How does Munimetric summarize PFAS public-record context in Tennessee?

Stored contaminant-monitoring summaries are present for 255 covered systems; 85 systems have PFAS detection context in this state summary.

How does Munimetric summarize lead & copper context in Tennessee?

Stored lead & copper summaries are present for 258 covered systems; 123 systems have violation or action-level context in this state summary.

What source-water types are represented across covered Tennessee systems?

Stored identity records group covered Tennessee systems by source-water type: Surface water: 212, Groundwater: 49.

Where can I find official drinking-water records for Tennessee?

The Official records drawer lists Public drinking-water profile, Contaminant monitoring records links where currently available for Tennessee.

Is this a real-time statewide tap-water condition rating?

No. This is not a real-time tap-water condition determination. Munimetric summarizes stored public-record context for research and navigation, and this layer does not change MISI.

States / Tennessee

Tennessee

Name: Tennessee Drinking Water Infrastructure Stress Data
Creator: Munimetric
License: https://munimetric.com/terms

Explore Tennessee drinking-water system scores, stress signals, infrastructure risk, and statewide market context across 261 scored service markets serving approximately 7.6 million people. This state profile highlights what is happening and why it matters using water-system, fiscal, capital, and signal context.

Tennessee has an average MISI infrastructure stress score of 22.0/100 in the Watch band as of 2026-05-24. Public records summarize recent drinking-water violations, PFAS monitoring records, lead and copper context, and source-water mix across 261 covered systems. Updated May 2026.

National context

States sized by scored-market count. Color reflects average stress band.

261Markets scored

22.0Headline composite

~7.6MPop. served

1044Active signals

Band distribution (MISI)

State headline composite

Component of current headline composite

Infrastructure Stress21.0 / 100

Physical, compliance, and capital-execution pressure reflected in the blended headline composite.

Socioeconomic Stress0.9 / 100

Affordability, demand-base, and parent-government fiscal pressure reflected in the blended headline composite.

Observability Stress0.1 / 100

Staleness, disclosure freshness, and reporting-visibility effects reflected in the blended headline composite.

22.0 headline compositeTennessee state composite261 markets~7.6M people served

State interpretation guide

How to read Tennessee headline composite

Plain-language summary

Tennessee currently shows an average MISI headline composite of 22.0 versus a national average of 25.0. In v0.1.2, the headline composite remains a blended structural stress measure rather than a pure physical-condition index. A frozen national reference and a 50 percent single-factor cap reduce the dominance of near-universal and very rare factors, while the component bars continue to separate infrastructure, socioeconomic, and observability readings.

Why this page stands out

261 scored systems are included in this state view, with explicit confidence and source-backed context.
State posture is benchmarked against national averages, not evaluated in isolation.
Top system links below connect state-level findings directly to profile-level diagnostics.

What to do next

Review the executive context to understand the state-level pressure pattern.
Open top system profiles to inspect what is actually driving stress at market level.
Use saved monitoring after research access is enabled to follow high-stress systems over time.

Priority Tennessee paths

Public record layer

Statewide Water Quality Context

Stored public-record context for recent drinking-water violations, contaminant monitoring, and source-water mix across covered systems. This is not a tap-water safety determination and does not change the MISI score.

Systems with recent violations

103 of 261Systems with recent public violation rows.

Source-water mix261 systems

Surface water212
Groundwater49
Purchased water0
Mixed source0
Not stored0

Latest identity snapshot: Dec 31, 2025

Coverage

Violation, enforcement, and compliance-burden counts use the recent 3 years window for dated stored records.
Drinking-water identity snapshots are stored for 258 of 261 included scored systems.
PFAS monitoring summary records are stored for 255 of 261 included systems; missing records are not treated as non-detections.
Lead and copper summary records are stored for 258 of 261 included systems; missing records are not treated as absence of lead/copper context.

Water quality questionsDefinitions and public-record context

How many covered systems in Tennessee have recent recorded drinking-water violations?: Stored public records show 103 covered systems with recent drinking-water violations, with 583 recorded violations across 261 covered systems in the recent 3 years window.
How does Munimetric summarize PFAS public-record context in Tennessee?: Stored contaminant-monitoring summaries are present for 255 covered systems; 85 systems have PFAS detection context in this state summary.
How does Munimetric summarize lead & copper context in Tennessee?: Stored lead & copper summaries are present for 258 covered systems; 123 systems have violation or action-level context in this state summary.
What source-water types are represented across covered Tennessee systems?: Stored identity records group covered Tennessee systems by source-water type: Surface water: 212, Groundwater: 49.
Where can I find official drinking-water records for Tennessee?: The Official records drawer lists Public drinking-water profile, Contaminant monitoring records links where currently available for Tennessee.
Is this a real-time statewide tap-water condition rating?: No. This is not a real-time tap-water condition determination. Munimetric summarizes stored public-record context for research and navigation, and this layer does not change MISI.

Official records

Public drinking-water profileEPA ECHO: Federal drinking-water dashboard and public-record search entry point.
Contaminant monitoring recordsEPA UCMR: Federal contaminant-monitoring program reference and public data entry point.

Methodology/source notes

Methodology/source notesDisplayed from stored public drinking-water records and official program references. This layer does not change MISI.
Enforcement historyEPA ECHO / SDWIS: Violation and enforcement counts are aggregated from stored public compliance records across covered systems.
Contaminant monitoring recordsEPA UCMR: PFAS context uses stored contaminant-monitoring summaries where available; missing records are not treated as non-detections.
State drinking-water programOfficial link not currently stored for this state program mapping.

Top recent compliance-burden systemsRecent 3 years

System	Population	Source water	Recent violations	Recent enforcement	Public-record flags
Jellico Utilities AuthorityTN0000330	5,056	Surface water	84	8	recent violations recorded, recent enforcement history, recent monitoring/reporting failures, lead/copper context
Lincoln Co B.P.U. #1TN0000764	23,846	Surface water	64	10	recent violations recorded, recent enforcement history, recent monitoring/reporting failures, lead/copper context
Cumberland Utility DistrictTN0000531	10,957	Surface water	34	78	recent violations recorded, recent enforcement history, recent monitoring/reporting failures, PFAS detections in stored records, lead/copper context
Warren County Util Dist #2TN0000655	6,022	Surface water	22	43	recent violations recorded, recent enforcement history, lead/copper context
Dunlap Water SystemTN0000205	9,782	Surface water	16	28	recent violations recorded, recent enforcement history, recent monitoring/reporting failures, lead/copper context
Tracy City Water SystemTN0000706	5,692	Surface water	15	26	recent violations recorded, recent enforcement history, recent monitoring/reporting failures, lead/copper context
Clifton Water DeptTN0000119	4,110	Surface water	14	56	recent violations recorded, recent enforcement history, PFAS detections in stored records, lead/copper context
Smithville Water SystemTN0000637	7,049	Surface water	14	30	recent violations recorded, recent enforcement history, recent monitoring/reporting failures, lead/copper context

This is not a real-time tap-water condition determination. For current advisories or health guidance, consult the utility or state drinking-water program.

Executive context

What This Page Shows

261 of the community drinking-water systems in Tennessee are currently scored. Analytics below are calculated from this covered subset only. Covered systems serve approximately 7.6M people.

What the Data Suggests

Tennessee has 261 scored service markets in the Munimetric coverage set, covering roughly 7.6 million residents in total. At the latest reading, the state-level average lands at 22.0 out of 100, indicating early but meaningful signs of structural stress in aggregate. A relatively small share — roughly 2% — currently sit in elevated-stress bands.

Across state markets, Operational Stress stands out as the dominant contributor to headline stress (13.8 points average), with Capex Pressure a distant second at 7.2. That pattern suggests a particular kind of pressure — concentrated rather than broadly distributed.

1044 active signals are recorded across state markets. The most prevalent is Current Drought Severity, affecting 261 markets.

State-level average stress has been relatively steady between recent observation periods, suggesting the current picture reflects persistent conditions rather than a sudden shift.

This summary is based on structured, source-backed public data and is intended for research and monitoring only. It is not investment advice, a credit opinion, or municipal advisory guidance.

Recent Movement

Latest average MISI is 22.0 as of May 24, 2026. Movement since May 22, 2026 is flat.

Compact summary from 45 stored state observations.

State Family Contribution Summary

Operational Stress13.8 / 20.0

Capex Pressure7.2 / 20.0

Governance Risk0.7 / 20.0

Revenue Fragility0.4 / 20.0

Rate Constraint0.0 / 20.0

Signals

Signal Frequency

Signal	Severity	Markets affected	% of scored
Current Drought Severity	high	261	100%
Climate Hazard Exposure	high	206	79%
Compliance Escalation	high	200	77%
Lead & Copper Rule Risk	high	123	47%
PFAS Contamination Risk	high	85	33%
Infrastructure Capital Gap	high	82	31%
Parent-Government Fiscal Stress	high	38	15%
High-AGI Out-Migration	high	15	6%
Population Served Decline	low	11	4%
Monitoring / Reporting Failures	medium	9	3%
Rapid Score Deterioration	medium	7	3%
Housing Market Weakness	low	4	2%
Utility Data Staleness	high	3	1%

Markets

Top Markets

#	Market	Score	Band	Population	Signals
1	Ocoee Utility District	42.6	Fragile	21K	6
2	Nolensville-College Grove Ud	42.4	Fragile	33K	7
3	Smyrna Water System	41.3	Fragile	61K	7
4	Lincoln Co Bd of P.u. #1	40.9	Fragile	24K	7
5	La Follette Utilities Board	39.9	Watch	28K	7
6	Nashville Water Dept #1	39.2	Watch	778K	5
7	Cumberland Utility District	38.6	Watch	11K	6
8	Kingsport Water Dept	38.6	Watch	107K	6
9	Bloomingdale Utility District	38.6	Watch	13K	7
10	Dyersburg Sub Cons U D	38.4	Watch	4K	7
11	Hartsville-Troudale Co Wat/Sew U D	37.5	Watch	11K	5
12	Tullahoma Board of Utilities	37.2	Watch	31K	6
13	Lawrenceburg Water System	37.1	Watch	21K	6
14	Murfreesboro Water Department	36.9	Watch	111K	7
15	Jefferson City Water & Sewer C	36.3	Watch	10K	6
16	Portland Water System	35.5	Watch	24K	5
17	Lenoir City Utility Board	35.2	Watch	35K	6
18	Mcminnville Water Dept	34.9	Watch	19K	6
19	Tellico Area Services System	34.9	Watch	15K	5
20	Lakeview Utility District	34.9	Watch	3K	5

Comparison

State Comparison

National average: 25.0

Rank	State	Avg Score	Band	Markets	Delta vs State
33	Wisconsin	22.3	Watch	195	+0.3
34	Nevada	22.2	Watch	44	+0.1
35	Tennessee	22.0	Watch	261	+0.0
36	New York	22.0	Watch	347	-0.0
37	Alabama	21.9	Watch	289	-0.1

Analytical posture

State Stress Analytics

Score Distribution

Distribution of scored market scores with the state average overlay.

261 markets plotted.

Stress vs Population

Each point is a scored market; tooltip reveals market-level context.

261 markets plotted.

Population View

People served by community water systems in Tennessee, colored by stress band.

~7.6M people served by 261 systems in Tennessee

Stable

Watch

Fragile

High Stress

Critical

261 scored systems · colored by stress band

Peer Constellation

Select a market to see its nearest peers by score similarity.

Center market:

24 nearest peers by score distance.

Score Trend

Latest

22.0

Trend

+20.4

Observations

Extended layers

Advanced State Context

Priority views, detailed registers, and methodology supporting the analytical core above.

Markets & signals

Priority Views

#	Market	Score	Band	Population	Signals
1	Ocoee Utility District	42.6	Fragile	21K	6
2	Nolensville-College Grove Ud	42.4	Fragile	33K	7
3	Smyrna Water System	41.3	Fragile	61K	7
4	Lincoln Co Bd of P.u. #1	40.9	Fragile	24K	7
5	La Follette Utilities Board	39.9	Watch	28K	7
6	Nashville Water Dept #1	39.2	Watch	778K	5
7	Cumberland Utility District	38.6	Watch	11K	6
8	Kingsport Water Dept	38.6	Watch	107K	6
9	Bloomingdale Utility District	38.6	Watch	13K	7
10	Dyersburg Sub Cons U D	38.4	Watch	4K	7
11	Hartsville-Troudale Co Wat/Sew U D	37.5	Watch	11K	5
12	Tullahoma Board of Utilities	37.2	Watch	31K	6
13	Lawrenceburg Water System	37.1	Watch	21K	6
14	Murfreesboro Water Department	36.9	Watch	111K	7
15	Jefferson City Water & Sewer C	36.3	Watch	10K	6
16	Portland Water System	35.5	Watch	24K	5
17	Lenoir City Utility Board	35.2	Watch	35K	6
18	Mcminnville Water Dept	34.9	Watch	19K	6
19	Tellico Area Services System	34.9	Watch	15K	5
20	Lakeview Utility District	34.9	Watch	3K	5

Detailed records

Registers

#	Market	Score	Band	Population	Signals
1	Ocoee Utility District	42.6	Fragile	21K	6
2	Nolensville-College Grove Ud	42.4	Fragile	33K	7
3	Smyrna Water System	41.3	Fragile	61K	7
4	Lincoln Co Bd of P.u. #1	40.9	Fragile	24K	7
5	La Follette Utilities Board	39.9	Watch	28K	7
6	Nashville Water Dept #1	39.2	Watch	778K	5
7	Cumberland Utility District	38.6	Watch	11K	6
8	Kingsport Water Dept	38.6	Watch	107K	6
9	Bloomingdale Utility District	38.6	Watch	13K	7
10	Dyersburg Sub Cons U D	38.4	Watch	4K	7
11	Hartsville-Troudale Co Wat/Sew U D	37.5	Watch	11K	5
12	Tullahoma Board of Utilities	37.2	Watch	31K	6
13	Lawrenceburg Water System	37.1	Watch	21K	6
14	Murfreesboro Water Department	36.9	Watch	111K	7
15	Jefferson City Water & Sewer C	36.3	Watch	10K	6
16	Portland Water System	35.5	Watch	24K	5
17	Lenoir City Utility Board	35.2	Watch	35K	6
18	Mcminnville Water Dept	34.9	Watch	19K	6
19	Tellico Area Services System	34.9	Watch	15K	5
20	Lakeview Utility District	34.9	Watch	3K	5

Munimetric tracks infrastructure stress across 261 community drinking-water systems in Tennessee, covering compliance conditions, capital needs, revenue and rate pressure, and governance risk. Use this page to research which systems face the highest structural stress and how Tennessee compares nationally.

Which water systems in Tennessee face the most infrastructure stress?: The highest-stress systems in Tennessee are ranked by MISI score above. Stress reflects operational burden, capital gaps, revenue fragility, rate affordability constraints, and governance risk—not a single compliance event. In v0.1.2, the headline composite remains a blended structural stress measure rather than a pure physical-condition index. A frozen national reference and a 50 percent single-factor cap reduce the dominance of near-universal and very rare factors, while the component bars continue to separate infrastructure, socioeconomic, and observability readings.
How does Tennessee compare to other states for drinking water infrastructure risk?: Tennessee is compared against all 50 states and territories using average MISI score, market count, and band distribution. The state comparison table above shows where Tennessee ranks nationally and how its average score compares.
Are there lead pipe or corrosion-related concerns in Tennessee water systems?: Where lead and copper rule compliance data is available from EPA SDWA records, Munimetric factors it into the Operational Stress family. Specific lead service line inventories vary by system. Individual system profiles contain the most detailed compliance context available.
What compliance signals are active in Tennessee?: Munimetric tracks signals such as compliance escalation, monitoring and reporting failures, data staleness, and financial stress indicators across Tennessee systems. The signal frequency table above summarizes which signals are most prevalent statewide.
Does Munimetric track boil water advisories in Tennessee?: Munimetric does not track real-time boil water advisories. For current advisories, contact your local water utility or state drinking water program. Munimetric monitors structural conditions—compliance posture, infrastructure stress, and governance risk—that provide broader context around system reliability.

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Water Infrastructure in Tennessee

Munimetric tracks infrastructure stress across 261 community drinking-water systems in Tennessee. Each system receives a Munimetric Infrastructure Stress Index (MISI) score from 0 to 100, calculated across five risk families: Operational Stress, Capex Pressure, Revenue Fragility, Rate Constraint, and Governance Risk. Higher scores indicate more structural stress. Scores are source-backed and deterministic, drawing from EPA SDWA compliance records, American Community Survey demographic and economic data, FEMA National Risk Index hazard profiles, and state financial disclosures.

State-level monitoring shows which systems face the highest structural stress, how Tennessee compares against other states nationally, and which monitoring signals are most active across the state. Each individual system profile includes compliance history, score family drivers, peer rankings within population-based cohorts where safeguards pass, and public source context. Full provenance cards and source workbench views remain workflow-gated. Munimetric covers community water systems across all 50 states and territories. This is structural risk research—not a water quality rating, advisory feed, or credit rating. Updated May 2026.

The statewide public-record layer adds drinking-water violation categories, PFAS monitoring summaries where stored, lead and copper context, source-water mix, and official record links across covered systems. These records help explain water-system context alongside infrastructure stress without turning Munimetric into a tap-water safety determination.

What is the Munimetric score for Tennessee?: Munimetric assigns a state-level average MISI score based on the individual scores of all covered community water systems in Tennessee. The state average, band distribution, and market-level rankings are shown on this page. Higher MISI values indicate greater structural stress.
Which water systems in Tennessee face the most infrastructure stress?: The state page ranks the highest-stress systems in Tennessee by MISI score. Stress reflects operational burden, capital gaps, revenue fragility, rate affordability constraints, and governance risk, not a single compliance event. The headline remains a blended structural stress composite rather than a pure physical-condition index. Workflow actions remain reserved for account access.
How does Tennessee compare to other states for drinking water infrastructure risk?: Tennessee is compared against all 50 states and territories using average MISI score, market count, and band distribution. Munimetric tracks nationwide coverage across 9,000+ scored service markets.
Are there lead pipe or corrosion-related concerns in Tennessee water systems?: Where lead and copper rule compliance data is available from EPA SDWA records, Munimetric factors it into the Operational Stress family score. Specific lead service line inventories vary by system. Individual system profiles contain the most detailed compliance context available.
Does Munimetric include PFAS monitoring context for Tennessee water systems?: Munimetric summarizes stored PFAS monitoring context where public contaminant-monitoring records are available. Missing PFAS summaries remain missing records, not non-detections, and this public-record layer does not change the MISI score by itself.
What compliance signals are active in Tennessee?: Munimetric tracks signals such as compliance escalation, monitoring and reporting failures, population decline, income erosion, data staleness, and parent-government fiscal stress across Tennessee water systems.
Does Munimetric track boil water advisories in Tennessee?: Munimetric does not track real-time boil water advisories. For current advisories, contact your local water utility or state drinking water program. Munimetric monitors structural conditions that provide context around system reliability over time.

Tennessee

Tennessee Infrastructure Track

Funding mix

Big projects

How to read Tennessee headline composite

Plain-language summary

Why this page stands out

What to do next

Priority Tennessee paths

Statewide Water Quality Context

What This Page Shows

What the Data Suggests

Recent Movement

State Family Contribution Summary

Signal Frequency

Top Markets

State Comparison

State Stress Analytics

Score Distribution

Stress vs Population

Population View

Peer Constellation

Score Trend

Advanced State Context

Priority Views

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Water Infrastructure in Tennessee

Tennessee

Funding mix

Big projects

How to read Tennessee headline composite

Plain-language summary

Why this page stands out

What to do next

Priority Tennessee paths

Statewide Water Quality Context

What This Page Shows

What the Data Suggests

Recent Movement

State Family Contribution Summary

Signal Frequency

Top Markets

State Comparison

State Stress Analytics

Score Trend

Advanced State Context

Priority Views

Registers

Keep monitoring this state

Water Infrastructure in Tennessee

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