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Cherokee County, Georgia

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet GA057 · Cherokee County 10 sys · 364 viol · #256/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 11.0% health
  • RANK-TOP #256/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-MID 25.0% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 60%
  • SYS-SMALL 10 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, Cherokee County ranks #256 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #7 of 159 counties in Georgia. See methodology · corpus placement.

Cherokee 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 11.0% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 25.0% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #256 of 3,254 · #7 of 159 in Georgia.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Cherokee County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Cherokee 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
Cherokee County 224,427 5 Clean
Woodstock 19,742 27 Detected
Canton 16,375 35 Clean
Lake Arrowhead Subdivision 4,671 65 -
Waleska 4,657 37 -
Ball Ground 2,470 24 Clean
Cherokee County-Salacoa Area 465 2 -
Cherokee Outdoor YMCA 400 72 -
Hembree Water 257 73 -
Atlanta Yacht Club, Inc. 232 24 -

Compare beyond Georgia

Mid-flagged peers for Cherokee County

Cross-state counties nearest Cherokee County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (364). 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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