Community Water System · PWS GA1130001
Fayette County
Operator location Fayetteville, Georgia - 62% of 69 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 86,934 served per SDWIS.
- 86,934
- People served (this PWS)
- 69
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 43
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 4 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Fayette County standing, mid SDWIS violation third
62% of 69 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 62% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: middle-third PFAS panel (≤ 4 compounds). Population rank #581 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Fayette County lands in the middle third by violation volume (69), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (86,934; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 62% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 detected 4 PFAS compounds (middle-third PFAS panel (≤ 4 compounds)).
- #581 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #24 of 629
- Population · GA
- 69
- Total EPA violations on record
- 62%
- 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
- 33,436
- County
- Fayette
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 33
- Monitoring Violations
- 19
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 10
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM | MCL | 21 | 2014 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MCL | 12 | 2016 |
| CARBON, TOTAL | TT | 10 | 2008 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 8 | 2000 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 5 | 2016 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 3 | 2012 |
| Nitrate | MR | 3 | 1999 |
| CARBON, TOTAL | MR | 2 | 2002 |
| Combined Uranium | MR | 1 | 2008 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 1 | 2008 |
| Combined Radium (-226 and -228) | MR | 1 | 2008 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Fayette County has 69 recorded EPA violations, 65% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 35% carry more. 62% of this system's own violations are health-based (43 of 69), and it ranks #581 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)
69 Around the middle fewer violations than 35% 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. 18 of 323 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFBA | 9/19/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 9/19/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 9/19/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 9/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 9/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 9/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 9/19/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 9/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 9/19/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 9/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 9/19/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 9/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 9/19/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 9/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 9/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 9/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 9/19/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 9/19/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 9/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 9/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 9/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 9/19/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 9/19/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 9/19/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 9/19/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 9/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 9/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 9/19/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 9/19/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 9/19/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 9/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 9/19/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 9/19/2023 | 4.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFUnA | 9/19/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 9/19/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 9/19/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 9/19/2023 | 3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 9/19/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 9/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 9/19/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 9/19/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 9/19/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 9/19/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 9/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 9/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 9/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 9/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 9/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 9/19/2023 | 5.80 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFMPA | 9/19/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Health-based violations on Fayette County
43 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for GA1130001.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Georgia EPD, Drinking Water Program
Nationwide peers
69 violations · 86,934 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 Fayette County
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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