Community Water System · PWS GA1030131
Effingham County Surface Water System
Operator location Springfield, Georgia - UCMR5 detected 5 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)) on this PWS; SDWIS lists 15 violations and 12,293 people served.
- 12,293
- People served (this PWS)
- 15
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 2
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 5 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Effingham County Surface Water System standing, low SDWIS violation third
UCMR5 detected 5 PFAS compounds - upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 13% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Population rank #4,044 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Effingham County Surface Water System is in the lower third by violation count (15; lower-third violation load (≤ 21 violations)). A low count does not mean the system is unmonitored - monitoring and reporting violations still appear in SDWIS. Population served is large (12,293; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 13% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 detected 5 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)).
- #4,044 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #113 of 629
- Population · GA
- 15
- Total EPA violations on record
- 13%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
5 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 1,773
- County
- Effingham
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 2
- Monitoring Violations
- 4
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 9 | 2023 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 4 | 2012 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 2 | 2007 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Effingham County Surface Water System has 15 recorded EPA violations, 25% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 74% carry more. 13% of this system's own violations are health-based (2 of 15), and it ranks #4,044 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)
15 Lower than most fewer violations than 74% 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. 16 of 116 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFTrDA | 7/8/2025 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 7/8/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 7/8/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 7/8/2025 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 7/30/2025 | 4.60 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 7/30/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 7/30/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 7/30/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 7/30/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 7/30/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 7/30/2025 | 3.40 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFBA | 7/30/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 7/30/2025 | 6.10 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFBS | 7/30/2025 | 3.70 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFNA | 7/30/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 7/30/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 7/30/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 7/30/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 7/30/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 7/30/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 7/30/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 7/30/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 7/30/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 7/30/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 7/30/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 7/30/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 7/30/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 7/30/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 7/30/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 4/8/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 4/8/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 4/8/2025 | 6.40 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFOA | 4/8/2025 | 5.70 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFHxA | 4/8/2025 | 3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| NFDHA | 4/8/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 4/8/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 4/8/2025 | 4.90 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFMBA | 4/8/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 4/8/2025 | 3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFHpS | 4/8/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 4/8/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 4/8/2025 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 4/8/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 4/8/2025 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 4/8/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 4/8/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 4/8/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 4/8/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 4/8/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 4/8/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
UCMR5 PFAS record for Effingham County Surface Water System
Open EPA SDWIS federal reports for PWS GA1030131 to cross-check UCMR5 detections and violation codes; state primacy agencies enforce the Safe Drinking Water Act locally.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Georgia EPD, Drinking Water Program
Nationwide peers
15 violations · 12,293 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems with similarly light violation ledgers
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 Effingham County Surface Water System
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