Community Water System · PWS GA0610000
Bluffton
Operator location Bluffton, Georgia - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 149 people served; 89 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 149
- People served (this PWS)
- 89
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 2
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Bluffton standing, high SDWIS violation third
149 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 2% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).
The verdict
Bluffton sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (89), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (149; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 2% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- 89
- Total EPA violations on record
- 2%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
- 149
- People served by this PWS (SDWIS)
- N/A
- PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)
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
- 67
- County
- Clay
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 29
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 2
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 43 | 2023 |
| Nitrate | MR | 13 | 2002 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 8 | 2007 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 8 | 2008 |
| Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule | TT | 2 | 2006 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Bluffton has 89 recorded EPA violations, 71% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 29% carry more. 2% of this system's own violations are health-based (2 of 89), and it ranks unranked by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
89 Around the middle fewer violations than 29% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Population served record for Bluffton
EPA SDWIS lists 149 people served and 67 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
89 violations · 149 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.
What to do with Bluffton
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
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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.