Skip to content
TapBuff
ZIP

Is Greenback, TN tap water safe?

3 utilities serve Greenback, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and CDC’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

1 of the 3 utilities serving Greenback has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: South Blount Utility District.

Tellico Area Services System, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 1.0 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Greenback’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Tellico Area Services System’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

Disclosure: TapBuff earns a commission if you buy through some links on this page. It does not change which standard or filter we name. As an Amazon Associate, TapBuff earns from qualifying purchases. How TapBuff makes money

Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Greenback

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab Tennessee certifies.

The 3 labs Tennessee certifies closest to Greenback, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Microbac - Knoxville Division

    Maryville, TN · about 18 miles

    Certified for bacteria, metals, minerals and other inorganics

    (865) 977-1200

  • Microbac Laboratories, Inc - Nashville

    Maryville, TN · about 18 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (615) 242-1480

  • Assured Bio Labs, LLC

    Oak Ridge, TN · about 21 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (865) 813-1700

Tennessee Department of Health: Water quality testing for eligible private wells and springs, through the program formerly called SafeWATCH. Contact the department's Waterborne Disease Team to ask about eligibility. Free for eligible wells and springs. Waterborne Diseases, Tennessee Department of Health.

All 37 certified labs for Tennessee

ZIP codes in Greenback

Which ZIP codes are in Greenback: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: TDEC, commercial laboratories certified for drinking water analysis; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.

Near Greenback

Other towns in Blount County with a page of their own.

What to do next