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Barrow County, Georgia

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet GA013 · Barrow County 8 sys · 514 viol · #655/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-MID · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-HIGH · SRC-SW · SYS-TINY · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 34.2% health
  • RANK-UPPER #655/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 50.0% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 75%
  • SYS-TINY 8 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Fulton County (+ 0 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Barrow County ranks #655 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #32 of 159 counties in Georgia. See methodology · corpus placement.

Barrow County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 100.0% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 34.2% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 50.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #655 of 3,254 · #32 of 159 in Georgia.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Barrow County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Habersham · lowest Wilkes · highest Gwinnett · near DeKalb · near 64.7% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Winder 51,540 25 Detected
Barrow County Water System 17,893 21 Clean
Auburn 10,060 49 Clean
Statham 3,986 76 Detected
Bent Creek Subdivision 203 43 -
Oak Hills Water System 192 60 -
Auburn Mobile Home Park 159 103 -
River Bluff Subdivision 105 137 -

Compare beyond Georgia

Mid-flagged peers for Barrow County

Cross-state counties nearest Barrow County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (514). 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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