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Columbia County, Georgia

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet GA073 · Columbia County 10 sys · 409 viol · #435/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 13.2% health
  • RANK-TOP #435/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 100.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 80%
  • 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, Columbia County ranks #435 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #15 of 159 counties in Georgia. See methodology · corpus placement.

Columbia 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 13.2% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 100.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #435 of 3,254 · #15 of 159 in Georgia.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Columbia County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Columbia 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
Columbia County 124,763 27 Detected
Grovetown 18,464 64 -
Tradewinds Marina 692 53 -
Augusta Sailing Club 302 7 -
Usce-West Dam 283 21 -
Windy Acres Mobile Home Park 162 11 -
Martinez Water Assoc. 150 28 -
Pineneedle Community Living 150 90 -
DNR-Mistletoe State Park 98 21 -
Mobile City Mobile Home Park 87 87 -

Compare beyond Georgia

Mid-flagged peers for Columbia County

Cross-state counties nearest Columbia County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (409). 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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