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Baker County, Georgia

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet GA007 · Baker County 3 sys · 132 viol · #3176/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · ABOVE-PEER · PFAS-NONE · SRC-GW · SYS-TINY · BOOK-MOST

  • VIOL-SEVERE 66.7% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 3.8% health
  • RANK-BOTTOM #3176/3254
  • ABOVE-PEER +2.0 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-TINY 3 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Habersham County ( -2 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Baker County ranks #3,176 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #158 of 159 counties in Georgia. See methodology · corpus placement.

Baker County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 66.7% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 3.8% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Baker County . Population served ranks #3,176 of 3,254 · #158 of 159 in Georgia.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Baker County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Baker County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Habersham · lowest Lumpkin · near Richmond · near 64.7% 66.7% 68.8% 75% 75% 100%

Source: EPA SDWIS (county aggregates) As of 2026-05-15

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Newton 775 128 -
Ichauway # 1 60 0 -
Ichauway #2 59 4 -

Compare beyond Georgia

Lower-flagged peers for Baker County

Cross-state counties nearest Baker County on flagged-system share (66.7%) and cumulative violation count (132). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.

Similar flagged-system rate

Nearest cross-state counties by % of SDWIS systems with at least one violation on record.

4 peers

Similar violation load

Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).

4 peers
Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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