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Effingham County, Georgia

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet GA103 · Effingham County 83 sys · 2,658 viol · #926/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 95.2% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 4.8% health
  • RANK-UPPER #926/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
  • PFAS-MID 33.3% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 98%
  • SYS-MID 83 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Screven County (+ 0.1 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Effingham County ranks #926 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #41 of 159 counties in Georgia. See methodology · corpus placement.

Effingham County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 95.2% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 4.8% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 33.3% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #926 of 3,254 · #41 of 159 in Georgia.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Effingham County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Habersham · lowest Crisp · near Screven · near Wilkes · highest 64.7% 94.7% 95% 95.2% 95.2% 95.8% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Rincon Water System 16,654 41 Clean
Effingham County Surface Water System 12,293 15 Detected
Springfield 3,100 52 -
Guyton 2,394 20 -
Westwood Heights Subdivision 1,370 40 -
Azalea Point 1,037 5 -
Georgia-Pacific Savannah River LLC 1,001 8 -
Lakeside Farms / Bloomingdale 993 10 -
Conifer Crossing/Pine Hill 759 43 -
Foxbow Farms 723 13 -
Hickory Knob Subdivision 671 50 -
Goshen Villa Subdivision 632 27 -
Sandhill Elementary 600 21 -
Auriga Farms 585 17 -
Foxbow North Subdivision 497 9 -
South Pointe Subdivision 491 25 -
Saddlebrook Subdivision 398 47 -
Castlewood-Clearview-Warner Fields 393 16 -
Huntington Station 382 18 -
South Effingham Woods/Effingham Forest 340 107 -
Lee Village Subdivision 310 27 -
Whispering Pines RV Park 308 153 -
Lakewood Subdivision 291 13 -
River Road Farms 273 12 -
Quail Run Mobile Home Estates 260 70 -
Royal Oaks Plantation 252 15 -
Mill Creek Subdivision 242 20 -
Shadowbrook Subdivision 224 15 -
Interfor U.S. Inc. - Meldrim Division 220 32 -
Hunter`s Chase / Abby Lane 211 12 -
Meldrim Lakes 203 22 -
Stonegate Subdivision 198 11 -
Eagle Pointe Subdivision 195 88 -
Paddleford Plantation Subdivision 192 18 -
Buckfield Plantation/Pleasant Hill S/D 190 11 -
Jamestown Subdivision 187 15 -
Pecan Grove S/D 182 21 -
Waterford Plantation Subdivision 182 20 -
Hampton Creek Subdivision 146 12 -
Deerwood S/D-Green Peace RV Pk 133 43 -
New Ebenezer Retreat Center 125 67 -
Coventry Plantation 122 8 -
Hunters Mill Subdivision 114 23 -
Griffin Lakes Campground 95 22 -
Pineora Water System 94 13 -
Low Ground Farms Subdivision 91 16 -
Georgia Power-Plt. McIntosh 90 3 -
Hawk Hammock 86 24 -
Coachwood Estates 83 340 -
Mallard Pointe/Drake Landing 81 7 Clean

Compare beyond Georgia

Mid-flagged peers for Effingham County

Cross-state counties nearest Effingham County on flagged-system share (95.2%) and cumulative violation count (2,658). 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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