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Dawson County, Georgia

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet GA085 · Dawson County 11 sys · 336 viol · #1384/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 81.8% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 19.6% health
  • RANK-MID #1384/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.5 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 82%
  • SYS-SMALL 11 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Camden County (+ 0.5 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Dawson County ranks #1,384 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #57 of 159 counties in Georgia. See methodology · corpus placement.

Dawson County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 81.8% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 19.6% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #1,384 of 3,254 · #57 of 159 in Georgia.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Dawson County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Habersham · lowest Camden · near Ware · near Wilkes · highest 64.7% 81.8% 82.4% 82.4% 83.3% 83.3% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Etowah 23,922 37 Clean
Dawsonville 4,433 37 -
Athens Boat Club 325 56 -
DNR-Amicalola Falls State Park 297 9 -
The Village at Paradise Valley 195 59 -
Paradise Valley Resort 150 72 -
Atlanta Motorsports Park 88 0 -
DNR-Len Foote Hike Inn Lodge 45 10 -
Golden Ridge 42 30 -
Under the Hemlock 26 26 -
Dollar General - Dawson 25 0 -

Compare beyond Georgia

Lower-flagged peers for Dawson County

Cross-state counties nearest Dawson County on flagged-system share (81.8%) and cumulative violation count (336). 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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