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Walker County, Georgia

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet GA295 · Walker County 6 sys · 81 viol · #801/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-HIGH · SRC-SW · SYS-TINY · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 14.8% health
  • RANK-UPPER #801/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 100.0% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 50%
  • SYS-TINY 6 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, Walker County ranks #801 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #37 of 159 counties in Georgia. See methodology · corpus placement.

Walker 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 14.8% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 100.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #801 of 3,254 · #37 of 159 in Georgia.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Walker County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Walker 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
Walker County Water Authority 36,000 8 Detected
Lafayette 18,177 8 Detected
Chickamauga 5,720 26 Detected
Walker Co. Rural Water Auth. 3,410 19 -
Walker County W&sa - Armuchee Valley 620 9 -
Camp Adahi 252 11 -

Compare beyond Georgia

Mid-flagged peers for Walker County

Cross-state counties nearest Walker County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (81). 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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