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Public Water-Supply Systems and Associated Water Use in Tennessee, 1995


Table 3. Public water-supply systems by relative size of system and by population served in Tennessee in 1995

[<, less than; cumulative relative frequency, the number of observations in a class divided by the total number of
observations; *, Memphis Light, Gas and Water includes Shelby County Board of Public Utilities, and Gladeville 
Utility District #1 includes Gladeville Utility District #2]
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                        	                                              Percent
   Relative    Population	Number	Percent	   Cumulative	  Total	         of	   Cumulative
   size of	  size	          of       of	    relative 	population   population	    relative 
   system     (in thousands)    systems	systems	   frequency	  served       served 	   frequency
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  Very small   0.025 -	  0.5	   99	   19	       19	  17,160        < 1	      < 1
  Small        0.5   -	  3.3	  219	   41	       60	 363,190	  8	        9
  Medium       3.3   -	 10	  132	   25	       85	 796,800	 18	       27
  Large	      10     -	100	   74	   14	       99      1,823,350	 41	       68
  Very Large	     >	100	    4	    1 	      100      1,419,050	 32	      100

  Total 			  528*	  100		       4,419,550	100
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