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Towns County, Georgia

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet GA281 · Towns County 10 sys · 349 viol · #1743/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 20.1% health
  • RANK-MID #1743/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 70%
  • 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, Towns County ranks #1,743 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #72 of 159 counties in Georgia. See methodology · corpus placement.

Towns 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 20.1% 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 #1,743 of 3,254 · #72 of 159 in Georgia.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Towns County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Towns 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
Towns County 11,791 15 Clean
Hiawassee 5,496 12 Clean
Young Harris 2,211 26 -
Enchanted Valley RV Resort Ltd 599 29 -
HI-River Country Subdivision 260 6 -
Usfs - Brasstown Bald Area 150 11 -
Hiawassee Mountain Village 86 52 -
Barefoot Hills Subdivision 62 58 -
Usfs - Tate Branch Area 30 44 -
Usfs - Sandy Bottoms 25 96 -

Compare beyond Georgia

Mid-flagged peers for Towns County

Cross-state counties nearest Towns County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (349). 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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