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Water hardness in Knoxville

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

Utility-reported hardness

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State comparison
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Evidence comparison rank
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Matched utilities
6
Active health records
0

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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Match the name on your water bill

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.

Knoxville Utilities Board - Kub

TN0000366 · Surface water · 254,671 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
6.0e-4 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

4% of the listed benchmark

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

Violation history (0)

No record returned in this imported window. This is not a guarantee of tap-water safety.

First U.d. Of Knox County

TN0000369 · Surface water · 115,531 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 (1)
Imported violation history for First U.d. Of Knox County
RuleStatusPeriod
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment RuleUnaddressedSep 1, 2018

Hallsdale-Powell U.d.

TN0000280 · Surface water · 84,315 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 (0)

No record returned in this imported window. This is not a guarantee of tap-water safety.

West Knox Utility District

TN0000371 · Surface water · 77,825 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 (1)
Imported violation history for West Knox Utility District
RuleStatusPeriod
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedJul 1, 2021 to Aug 9, 2021

Knox-Chapman Utility District

TN0000367 · Surface water · 41,311 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
0.0036 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

24% of the listed benchmark

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

Violation history (2)
Imported violation history for Knox-Chapman Utility District
RuleStatusPeriod
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)ResolvedApr 1, 2024 to Jun 30, 2024
TTHMResolvedApr 1, 2024 to Jun 30, 2024

Northeast Knox U.d.

TN0000515 · Surface water · 27,941 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

Find this utility’s official report →
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 (3)
Imported violation history for Northeast Knox U.d.
RuleStatusPeriod
TTHMResolvedOct 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)ResolvedOct 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
CARBON, TOTALResolvedOct 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021

City summary

What the indexed records say

Knoxville has 15 published ZIP profiles across Knox County. The regional-evidence median is 5 PPM. The city does not meet the stricter comparison standard.

The 4.5–4.5 PPM range shows how much the available ZIP estimates vary within the city label. At least one estimate is marked low confidence, so observation distance and date deserve extra attention.

Hardness distribution

How local ZIP estimates compare

Soft7 ZIPs
Moderately hard0 ZIPs
Hard0 ZIPs
Very hard0 ZIPs

7 of 15 ZIP profiles have a hardness estimate. Bars count ZIP profiles, not households or laboratory samples.

Evidence quality

Distance, dates, and confidence

Median nearest distance
23.6 miles
Profiles with evidence
7/15

Confidence labels

High: 0Moderate: 0Low: 7

Observation window: Mar 9, 2026 to Mar 9, 2026.

ZIP directory

Water reports in Knoxville

Open a ZIP for site-level provenance and measurements.

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 Knoxville

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.