Community Water System · PWS GA0170000
Fitzgerald
Operator location Fitzgerald, Georgia - 89% of 75 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 15,382 served per SDWIS.
- 15,382
- People served (this PWS)
- 75
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 67
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 1 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Fitzgerald standing, high SDWIS violation third
89% of 75 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 89% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds). Population rank #3,384 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Fitzgerald sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (75), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (15,382; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 89% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 detected 1 PFAS compound (lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds)).
- #3,384 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #92 of 629
- Population · GA
- 75
- Total EPA violations on record
- 89%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
1 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 5,900
- County
- Ben Hill
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 67
- Monitoring Violations
- 4
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barium | MCL | 65 | 1994 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 4 | 2011 |
| E. COLI | MR | 4 | 2017 |
| Thallium, Total | MCL | 1 | 1993 |
| Cadmium | MCL | 1 | 1993 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Fitzgerald has 75 recorded EPA violations, 67% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 33% carry more. 89% of this system's own violations are health-based (67 of 75), and it ranks #3,384 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
75 Around the middle fewer violations than 33% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)
Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 1 of 116 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFHxA | 5/25/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 5/25/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 5/25/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 5/25/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 5/25/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 5/25/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 5/25/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 5/25/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 5/25/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 5/25/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 5/25/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 5/25/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 5/25/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 5/25/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 5/25/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 5/25/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 5/25/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 5/25/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 5/25/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 5/25/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 5/25/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 5/25/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 5/25/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 5/25/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 5/25/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 5/25/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 5/25/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 5/25/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 5/25/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 5/25/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 5/25/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 5/25/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 5/25/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 5/25/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 5/25/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 5/25/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 5/25/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 5/25/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 5/25/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 5/25/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 5/25/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 5/25/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 5/25/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 5/25/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 5/25/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 5/25/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 5/25/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 5/25/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 5/25/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 5/25/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Health-based violations on Fitzgerald
67 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for GA0170000.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Georgia EPD, Drinking Water Program
Nationwide peers
75 violations · 15,382 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems with comparable violation load
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems with similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Fitzgerald
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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