Community Water System · PWS GA0570000
Ball Ground
Operator location Ball Ground, Georgia - 8% of 24 violations are health-based (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)); groundwater source; 2,470 served per SDWIS.
- 2,470
- People served (this PWS)
- 24
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 2
- Health-based (this PWS)
- No PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Ball Ground standing, mid SDWIS violation third
8% of 24 recorded violations are health-based - middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 8% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #12,057 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Ball Ground lands in the middle third by violation volume (24), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is mid-pack at 2,470 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 8% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.
- #12,057 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #291 of 629
- Population · GA
- 24
- Total EPA violations on record
- 8%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 950
- County
- Cherokee
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 2
- Monitoring Violations
- 10
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 10 | 2014 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 4 | 2012 |
| E. COLI | MR | 4 | 2017 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 2 | 1991 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 2 | 2003 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Ball Ground has 24 recorded EPA violations, 36% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 63% carry more. 8% of this system's own violations are health-based (2 of 24), and it ranks #12,057 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)
24 Lower than most fewer violations than 63% 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. 0 of 58 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEtFOSAA | 8/12/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 8/12/2025 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 8/12/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 8/12/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 8/12/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 8/12/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 8/12/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 8/12/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 8/12/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 8/12/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 8/12/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 8/12/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 8/12/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 8/12/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 8/12/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 8/12/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 8/12/2025 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 8/12/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 8/12/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 8/12/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 8/12/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 8/12/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 8/12/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 8/12/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 8/12/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 8/12/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 8/12/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 8/12/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 8/12/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 2/11/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 2/11/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 2/11/2025 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 2/11/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 2/11/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 2/11/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 2/11/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 2/11/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 2/11/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 2/11/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 2/11/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 2/11/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 2/11/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 2/11/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 2/11/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 2/11/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 2/11/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 2/11/2025 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 2/11/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 2/11/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 2/11/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Health-based violations on Ball Ground
2 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for GA0570000.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Georgia EPD, Drinking Water Program
Nationwide peers
24 violations · 2,470 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 near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Ball Ground
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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