Van Buren County, TN
drinking water quality

6,686 residents · 1 public water system · 2 ZIP codes

Worst PFAS result on federal record
No PFAS above the federal limit

EPA sampled 1 of 1 public water system here, together serving about 6,022 people. Last sampled 9/22/2025.

Health-based violations

Separately from PFAS, EPA records 28 health-based violations across 1 of the county’s water systems since 2020, the most recent in 2026. They involved trihalomethanes, haloacetic acids.

What this means

PFAS are industrial chemicals that EPA describes as breaking down only very slowly in the environment. In April 2024 EPA set the first enforceable national limits: 4 ng/L for PFOA and PFOS, 10 ng/L for PFHxS, PFNA and GenX.

These figures are county-level and come from EPA’s sampling of public water systems. They describe the worst result found in the county, not what comes out of any particular tap — that depends on which system serves the address, and on the plumbing in the building. A private well is not covered by this programme at all.

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ZIP codes in Van Buren County

38559 · 38585

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