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Echols County, Georgia

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet GA101 · Echols County 5 sys · 323 viol · #3121/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-NONE · SRC-GW · SYS-TINY · BOOK-MOST

  • VIOL-SEVERE 80.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 42.7% health
  • RANK-BOTTOM #3121/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-TINY 5 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Echols County ranks #3,121 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #156 of 159 counties in Georgia. See methodology · corpus placement.

Echols County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 80.0% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 42.7% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Echols County . Population served ranks #3,121 of 3,254 · #156 of 159 in Georgia.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Echols County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Habersham · lowest Echols · this county Macon · near Wilkes · highest 64.7% 79.2% 80% 80% 80% 81.8% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Echols County 972 162 -
Blue River Legacy Farms 240 0 -
Cottonwood Camp 150 19 -
J.b.g. Water System 70 4 -
Little River Estates MHP 54 138 -

Compare beyond Georgia

Lower-flagged peers for Echols County

Cross-state counties nearest Echols County on flagged-system share (80.0%) and cumulative violation count (323). 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).

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

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