Community Water System · PWS GA0510002
Port Wentworth
Operator location Port Wentworth, Georgia - larger served population (> 3,309) at 11,000 people served; 32 SDWIS violations on record from surface water sources.
- 11,000
- People served (this PWS)
- 32
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 5
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 4 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Port Wentworth standing, mid SDWIS violation third
11,000 people served (SDWIS) - larger served population (> 3,309). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 16% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: middle-third PFAS panel (≤ 4 compounds). Population rank #4,373 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Port Wentworth lands in the middle third by violation volume (32), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (11,000; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 16% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 detected 4 PFAS compounds (middle-third PFAS panel (≤ 4 compounds)).
- #4,373 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #121 of 629
- Population · GA
- 32
- Total EPA violations on record
- 16%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
4 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 4,814
- County
- Chatham
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 5
- Monitoring Violations
- 21
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 6 | 2023 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 5 | 2009 |
| Nitrate-Nitrite | MR | 4 | 2024 |
| TTHM | MCL | 3 | 2013 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 3 | 2022 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 3 | 2023 |
| TTHM | MR | 3 | 2022 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 3 | 2022 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 2 | 1998 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Port Wentworth has 32 recorded EPA violations, 44% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 55% carry more. 16% of this system's own violations are health-based (5 of 32), and it ranks #4,373 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)
32 Lower than most fewer violations than 55% 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. 17 of 174 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFDoA | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 9/20/2023 | 4.70 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFOS | 9/20/2023 | 6.50 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFNA | 9/20/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 9/20/2023 | 3.60 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFHxA | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 9/20/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 9/20/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 9/20/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 9/20/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 9/20/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 9/20/2023 | 3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFHpS | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 9/20/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 9/20/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 9/20/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 9/20/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 9/20/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 9/20/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 9/20/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 9/20/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 9/20/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 7/8/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 7/8/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 7/8/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 7/8/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 7/8/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 7/8/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 7/8/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 7/8/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 7/8/2025 | 3.60 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFHxA | 7/8/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 7/8/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 7/8/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 7/8/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 7/8/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 7/8/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 7/8/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 7/8/2025 | 6.40 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFOS | 7/8/2025 | 6.70 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFNA | 7/8/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 7/8/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 7/8/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Population served record for Port Wentworth
EPA SDWIS lists 11,000 people served and 4,814 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Georgia EPD, Drinking Water Program
Nationwide peers
32 violations · 11,000 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems near this violation count
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 Port Wentworth
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
- See how every tracked system in Georgia compares on the same EPA violation measures. Georgia systems
- Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
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EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.