Question 1

Is Ray City water safe to drink?

Accepted Answer

Ray City (PWS ID: GA0190003) has 82 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. EPA SDWIS lists this system's service population as 1,345 people using Groundwater sources.

Question 2

How many people does Ray City serve?

Accepted Answer

EPA SDWIS reports that Ray City serves 1,345 people (this public water system's service population, not the municipal population of Ray City or any other city). It is a Local-owned system using Groundwater water sources with 504 service connections. The operator address is listed in Ray City, Georgia.

Question 3

What type of violations does Ray City have?

Accepted Answer

Ray City has 82 total violations: 2 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 68 monitoring/reporting violations, and 0 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.

Question 4

Has PFAS been detected in Ray City water?

Accepted Answer

No PFAS testing data is available for Ray City under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

Question 5

What water source does Ray City use?

Accepted Answer

Ray City uses Groundwater as its primary water source. It is classified as a Community Water System (CWS), serving residential populations year-round.

Question 6

Where does this data come from?

Accepted Answer

All data comes from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and the UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program. SDWIS tracks compliance for all public water systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Question 7

Where does Ray City sit among U.S. public water systems?

Accepted Answer

According to EPA SDWIS population_served among sitemap-advertised systems (serving 500+), Ray City ranks #16,892 of 29,740 by people served, and #373 of 629 in Georgia. Ordinals use population_served DESC among systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). See /methodology#corpus-placement.

Question 8

How does Ray City's violation count compare nationally?

Accepted Answer

Ray City has 82 recorded EPA SDWIS violations, fewer than 31% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500 or more people nationwide (the same sitemap cohort used for the corpus-placement ranking above). 69% of that cohort has fewer violations than Ray City. A system can have zero recorded violations and still be actively monitored, and a high violation count often reflects a system that reports thoroughly, not necessarily one with worse water.

Contaminant	Category	Count	Latest
Lead and Copper Rule	MR	12	2010
Coliform (TCR)	MR	6	1999
Consumer Confidence Rule	Other	6	2016
Nitrate	MR	4	1999
Revised Total Coliform Rule	MON	4	2018
p-Dichlorobenzene	MR	2	1993
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene	MR	2	1993
DICHLOROMETHANE	MR	2	1993
CHLOROBENZENE	MR	2	1993
Styrene	MR	2	1993
1,1,1-Trichloroethane	MR	2	1993
1,1,2-Trichloroethane	MR	2	1993
Vinyl chloride	MR	2	1993
Coliform (TCR)	MCL	2	1999
Tetrachloroethylene	MR	2	1993
o-Dichlorobenzene	MR	2	1993
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene	MR	2	1993
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene	MR	2	1993
Ethylbenzene	MR	2	1993
Toluene	MR	2	1993
Xylenes, Total	MR	2	1993
1,2-Dichloroethane	MR	2	1993
Trichloroethylene	MR	2	1993
Benzene	MR	2	1993
1,2-Dichloropropane	MR	2	1993
Carbon tetrachloride	MR	2	1993
1,1-Dichloroethylene	MR	2	1993

Ray City

Ray City standing, high SDWIS violation third

System Details

Violation History

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

SDWIS compliance record for Ray City

Nationwide peers

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load

Cross-state systems near this population served