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Tift County, Georgia

14 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 36,945 people in Tift County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

14
SDWIS water systems Middle third of counties
415
Total violations Lower third of counties
92.9%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Middle third of counties
0.0%
UCMR5 PFAS rate (3 tested) Lower third of counties with tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet GA277 · Tift County 14 sys · 415 viol · #1168/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 92.9% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 5.5% health
  • RANK-UPPER #1168/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-SMALL 14 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Tift County ranks #1,168 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #48 of 159 counties in Georgia. See methodology · corpus placement.

Tift County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 92.9% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 5.5% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #1,168 of 3,254 · #48 of 159 in Georgia.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Tift County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Habersham · lowest Tift · this county Colquitt · near Wilkes · highest 64.7% 92.5% 92.9% 92.9% 93% 93.1% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Tifton-Tift County Water System 27,589 5 Clean
Abraham Baldwin Agri. College 4,405 100 Clean
Omega 1,436 8 -
Ty Ty 929 2 Clean
Economy Inn 600 52 -
Tift Area Academy 575 14 -
Pebble Hill Estates S/D 365 16 -
Lewis Taylor Farms Mlc 350 2 -
Springhill Country Club 300 22 -
Riverbend Estates 221 32 -
Bar W Mobile Home Park 54 66 -
Pleasant Grove Mobile Home Pk 51 45 -
Uga-Diagnostic Center 40 51 -
Dollar General - Chula #20112 30 0 -

Compare beyond Georgia

Mid-flagged peers for Tift County

Cross-state counties nearest Tift County on flagged-system share (92.9%) and cumulative violation count (415). 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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