Community Water System · PWS GA1570002
Hoschton Water System
Operator location Houschton, Georgia - larger served population (> 3,309) at 6,620 people served; 61 SDWIS violations on record from surface water sources.
- 6,620
- People served (this PWS)
- 61
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 10
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Hoschton Water System standing, mid SDWIS violation third
6,620 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%). Population rank #6,370 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Hoschton Water System lands in the middle third by violation volume (61), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (6,620; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 16% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #6,370 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #163 of 629
- Population · GA
- 61
- 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.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 2,578
- County
- Jackson
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 10
- Monitoring Violations
- 34
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 28 | 2009 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 11 | 2012 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 7 | 2007 |
| Nitrate-Nitrite | MR | 4 | 2021 |
| TTHM | MCL | 3 | 2006 |
| Nitrate | MR | 2 | 1997 |
| Public Notice | Other | 2 | 2023 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Hoschton Water System has 61 recorded EPA violations, 62% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 38% carry more. 16% of this system's own violations are health-based (10 of 61), and it ranks #6,370 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)
61 Around the middle fewer violations than 38% 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 Hoschton Water System
EPA SDWIS lists 6,620 people served and 2,578 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
61 violations · 6,620 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 Hoschton Water System
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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