Tennessee is one of only eight states in which none of our water treatment systems violate the federal arsenic standards for drinking water.  Arsenic enters our drinking water from natural deposits in the earth or through runoff from agricultural and industrial practices. Exposure to arsenic has significant impacts to your health. According to EPA, long-term exposure to arsenic has been linked to cancer of the bladder, lungs, skin, kidneys, nasal passages, liver and prostate. However, EPA notes, these effects are unlikely to occur from U.S. public water supplies that are in compliance with the arsenic standard.

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