How many water violations are in Chatham County?

Chatham County has 3,877 total drinking water violations across 118 water systems, of which 255 are health-based violations. 99.2% of systems have at least one violation.

How many people get water from Chatham County systems?

Water systems in Chatham County serve approximately 340,164 people through 118 public water systems.

Has PFAS been detected in Chatham County water?

Under EPA UCMR5, 3 of 16 tested systems in Chatham County had at least one PFAS detection (18.8% of the UCMR5-tested subset - not of all 118 SDWIS systems).

What types of water sources supply Chatham County?

Water systems in Chatham County use GW (114 systems), SW (4 systems) as their primary water sources.

Are health-based violations serious?

Health-based violations indicate that drinking water exceeded Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) set by the EPA or failed treatment technique requirements. 6.6% of Chatham County's violations are health-based. Among counties with any SDWIS violations, this extract puts Chatham County in the lower health-based share band. Not all violations indicate immediate health risk, but they require corrective action.

Where does Chatham County sit among U.S. counties for water-system population?

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Chatham County ranks #201 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #5 of 159 counties in Georgia. Ordinals use the same total_population DESC sort as the counties directory. See /methodology#corpus-placement.

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Chatham County, Georgia

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SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet GA051 · Chatham County 118 sys · 3,877 viol · #201/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-LOW · SRC-GW · SYS-MID · BOOK-FULL

VIOL-SEVERE 99.2% flagged
HEALTH-LOW 6.6% health
RANK-TOP #201/3254
PHOTO-FINISH ±0.8 pp
PFAS-LOW 18.8% detect
SRC-GW GW lead 97%
SYS-MID 118 systems
BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Fulton County (+ 0.8 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Chatham County ranks #201 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #5 of 159 counties in Georgia. See methodology · corpus placement.

Chatham County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 99.2% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 6.6% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 18.8% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #201 of 3,254 · #5 of 159 in Georgia.

Water Systems

System Name	Population	Violations	PFAS
Savannah-Main	168,958	29	Clean
Pooler	21,187	30	Detected
Savannah-Georgetown/Gateway	14,589	25	Clean
Savannah-Wilmington Island	13,526	28	Clean
Larchmont Estates Subdivision	11,799	117	Clean
The Landings Subdivision	11,058	4	Clean
Port Wentworth	11,000	32	Detected
Savannah-I & D	10,500	64	Detected
Garden City	9,000	37	Clean
Tybee Island	8,047	18	Clean
USA-Hunter Army Airfield - Main	7,500	16	Clean
Glen of Robin Hood	5,000	21	Clean
Savannah Health Services, LLC D/B/a Memo	4,800	78	Clean
DOT-Rest Area/Welcome Ctr. 112	4,500	74	-
Savannah-Whitemarsh Island	4,247	22	Clean
Thunderbolt	2,668	78	-
Savannah-Savannah Quarters	2,665	23	-
Bloomingdale	2,500	13	-
Parkersburg Subdivision	1,253	25	-
Savannah-Dutch Island	1,191	18	-
Montgomery Area	1,185	20	-
Talahi Island Community	1,139	27	-
Savannah Christian School	990	15	-
Ogeechee Farms	918	104	-
Fort Pulaski National Monument Vis Ctr	912	6	-
Runaway Point	861	15	-
Nassau Woods Mobile Home Park	772	57	-
Rio Vista/Burnside	759	24	-
Grays Subdivision	715	12	-
Whitfield Park Subdivision	676	26	-
Hunter's Ridge	660	6	Clean
Savannah Pines Mobile Home Park	632	98	-
Southwinds - White Oaks	572	19	-
Golden Isles Subdivision	555	24	-
Harbour Creek Subdivision	543	23	-
River Oaks Subdivision	541	7	-
Garden Acres Estates	525	33	-
Garden City - Town Center	514	2	-
Marsh Point Homes	497	30	-
Fort Argyle-River Bluff	463	16	-
Whitemarsh Estates	390	27	-
Estill Hammock/Spanish Hammock	374	12	-
East Pines Subdivision	348	21	-
DNR-Skidaway Island State Park	347	8	-
Commodore Point	302	92	-
Azalea Mobile Home Plaza	300	53	-
Grove Hill Subdivision	286	3	-
Savannah Yacht & Country Club	257	27	-
Cottonvale Estates	255	33	-
Gurudevdutt18, LLC.	250	9	-

Compare beyond Georgia

Mid-flagged peers for Chatham County

Cross-state counties nearest Chatham County on flagged-system share (99.2%) and cumulative violation count (3,877). 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

Read our methodology · Check your water system - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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

Compiled by PlainWater, Drinking Water Quality Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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