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Water hardness in Etowah

Find official utility reports, understand hardness, and check the water system serving your home in Etowah, Tennessee.

Utility-reported hardness

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Matched utilities
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Active health records
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Your tap water

What does the utility report?

Match the utility name to your water bill. These results describe the utility’s water, not a test at your home. A ZIP can include several water systems.

Utility hardness unavailable in this index

Nearby river or groundwater samples cannot tell us the hardness coming out of your tap. Ask your water provider for total hardness as CaCO₃, or test it at home.

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Your utility’s measurements and compliance records

These are possible serving systems. A record for one system does not apply to every home in this ZIP. Confirm your provider before interpreting a measurement or notice. Federal records can lag current utility notices.

EPA snapshot: 2026Q2. Historical window begins Jan 1, 2021.

Etowah Utilities

TN0000233 · Surface water · 12,851 people served system-wide

The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.

No active health-based record in this imported snapshot

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Measurements (1)

An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.

Lead (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Below action level
Reported level
0.001 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

7% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025

Violation history (2)
Imported violation history for Etowah Utilities
RuleStatusPeriod
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)ResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Mar 31, 2021
TTHMResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Mar 31, 2021

Tellico Plains Water Dept

TN0000693 · Groundwater · 7,759 people served system-wide

The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.

No active health-based record in this imported snapshot

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Measurements (1)

An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.

Lead (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Below action level
Reported level
5.0e-4 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

3% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025

Violation history (47)
Imported violation history for Tellico Plains Water Dept
RuleStatusPeriod
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedJul 1, 2023 to Jul 31, 2023
Groundwater RuleResolvedJul 1, 2023 to Jul 31, 2023
ChlorineResolvedJul 1, 2023 to Aug 31, 2023
Lead and Copper RuleResolvedJun 1, 2022 to Sep 23, 2025
Xylenes, TotalResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
o-DichlorobenzeneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
Vinyl chlorideResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
1,1-DichloroethyleneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
trans-1,2-DichloroethyleneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
1,2-DichloroethaneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
1,1,1-TrichloroethaneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
Carbon tetrachlorideResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
1,2-DichloropropaneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
CHLOROBENZENEResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
BenzeneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
TolueneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
StyreneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
p-DichlorobenzeneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
Vinyl chlorideResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
1,1-DichloroethyleneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
1,2-DichloroethaneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
1,2-DichloropropaneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
TrichloroethyleneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
TolueneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
EthylbenzeneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
cis-1,2-DichloroethyleneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
1,1,2-TrichloroethaneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
BenzeneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
1,2,4-TrichlorobenzeneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
cis-1,2-DichloroethyleneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
o-DichlorobenzeneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
TetrachloroethyleneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
StyreneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
DICHLOROMETHANEResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
1,1,2-TrichloroethaneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
EthylbenzeneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
CHLOROBENZENEResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
Carbon tetrachlorideResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
trans-1,2-DichloroethyleneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
TrichloroethyleneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
1,1,1-TrichloroethaneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
1,2,4-TrichlorobenzeneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
DICHLOROMETHANEResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
Xylenes, TotalResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
p-DichlorobenzeneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
TetrachloroethyleneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
Public NoticeUnaddressedJun 14, 2017

Laurel Mtn Lakes Water Assoc.

TN0000936 · Groundwater · 259 people served system-wide

The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.

No active health-based record in this imported snapshot

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Measurements (2)

An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.

Lead (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Below action level
Reported level
0.001 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

7% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025

Arsenic

EPA SDWIS reported health-based violation

Reported violation
Reported level
0.0104 MG/L
Maximum contaminant level
0.01 MG/L

104% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 27, 2023

Violation history (6)
Imported violation history for Laurel Mtn Lakes Water Assoc.
RuleStatusPeriod
ArsenicHealth-basedResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 27, 2023
Consumer Confidence RuleAddressedJul 1, 2022
TTHMResolvedJul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)ResolvedJul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021
Lead and Copper RuleResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 7, 2021
Consumer Confidence RuleAddressedJul 1, 2020

City summary

What the indexed records say

Etowah has 1 published ZIP profile across Mcminn County. No qualifying nearby hardness observation is available for the city.

Because only one ZIP is represented, the city median and range are the same local estimate. It should not be read as multiple independent samples across the community.

Hardness distribution

How local ZIP estimates compare

Soft0 ZIPs
Moderately hard0 ZIPs
Hard0 ZIPs
Very hard0 ZIPs

0 of 1 ZIP profiles have a hardness estimate. Bars count ZIP profiles, not households or laboratory samples.

Evidence quality

Distance, dates, and confidence

Median nearest distance
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Profiles with evidence
0/1

Confidence labels

High: 0Moderate: 0Low: 0

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ZIP directory

Water reports in Etowah

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ZIP code

37331

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Practical next steps

Move from index to evidence

  1. 1. Open your ZIP. Check distance, dates, confidence, and the associated utility.
  2. 2. Read the current CCR. Confirm source water, detections, limits, ranges, and notices.
  3. 3. Use a measured hardness result. Confirm health concerns or treatment sizing with the right method.

Questions people ask

About water in Etowah

Is the water hard?

Check the utility-reported result above when available. Nearby environmental samples cannot establish tap-water hardness. Ask your provider or test your tap.

Is the tap water safe?

Compliance history is utility-wide and cannot guarantee conditions at every tap. Check current notices and test when address-specific evidence is needed.

Do I need treatment?

Choose treatment only after confirming the problem at the property. A softener targets hardness; contaminant treatment requires a matching, verified performance claim.