Community Water System · PWS GA1810000
Lincolnton
Operator location Lincolnton, Georgia - 61% of 49 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 1,657 served per SDWIS.
- 1,657
- People served (this PWS)
- 49
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 30
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Lincolnton standing, mid SDWIS violation third
61% of 49 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 61% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #15,076 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Lincolnton lands in the middle third by violation volume (49), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is mid-pack at 1,657 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 61% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #15,076 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #339 of 629
- Population · GA
- 49
- Total EPA violations on record
- 61%
- 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
- 1,107
- County
- Lincoln
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 28
- Monitoring Violations
- 5
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 2
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MCL | 16 | 2005 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 11 | 2023 |
| TTHM | MCL | 10 | 2023 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 4 | 2020 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 2 | 1996 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 2 | 2001 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 1 | 1992 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Lincolnton has 49 recorded EPA violations, 56% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 44% carry more. 61% of this system's own violations are health-based (30 of 49), and it ranks #15,076 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)
49 Around the middle fewer violations than 44% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Health-based violations on Lincolnton
30 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for GA1810000.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Georgia EPD, Drinking Water Program
Nationwide peers
49 violations · 1,657 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 near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Lincolnton
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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