Community Water System · PWS GA1630005
Wrens
Operator location Wrens, Georgia - lower-third violation load (≤ 21 violations) with 18 EPA violations; groundwater source; 2,730 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 2,730
- People served (this PWS)
- 18
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 3
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Wrens standing, low SDWIS violation third
18 EPA SDWIS violations on record - lower-third violation load (≤ 21 violations). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 17% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #11,288 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Wrens is in the lower third by violation count (18; 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 mid-pack at 2,730 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 17% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #11,288 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #279 of 629
- Population · GA
- 18
- Total EPA violations on record
- 17%
- 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
- 1,200
- County
- Jefferson
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 3
- Monitoring Violations
- 9
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 4 | 2001 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 4 | 2012 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 3 | 2024 |
| Asbestos | MCL | 3 | 1997 |
| E. COLI | MR | 2 | 2024 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Wrens has 18 recorded EPA violations, 29% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 70% carry more. 17% of this system's own violations are health-based (3 of 18), and it ranks #11,288 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)
18 Lower than most fewer violations than 70% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
SDWIS compliance record for Wrens
18 violations on record for GA1630005; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Georgia EPD, Drinking Water Program
Nationwide peers
18 violations · 2,730 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.
- Cheyenne Arapaho Concho EPA Region 6 — Tribal Water Systems 18violations
- Assiniboine & Sioux Rural Water System EPA Region 8 — Tribal Water Systems 18violations
- Poplar, City Of EPA Region 8 — Tribal Water Systems 18violations
- Torreon-Ojo Encino East - NTUA EPA Region 9 — Tribal Water Systems 18violations
Cross-state systems near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Wrens
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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