Lowndes Co.-North Lowndes Co. WS

Water Quality Snapshot: Lowndes Co.-North Lowndes Co. WS

Lowndes Co.-North Lowndes Co. WS is a local-owned community water system that delivers drinking water to 13,190 residents in Valdosta, Georgia (Lowndes County) through 5,014 service connections. Its water is drawn from groundwater sources. EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System records 251 total violations for this system , of which 216 (86%) are health-based, meaning a contaminant exceeded an EPA Maximum Contaminant Level or a required treatment technique failed. A further 27 monitoring and reporting violations are on file. The most recent violation on record dates to 2025.

The most frequently cited contaminant at this system is Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), recorded in 125 violations (MCL, health-based). This system was sampled under EPA's UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program and no PFAS compounds were detected above the minimum reporting level.

Across Georgia, EPA tracks 2,382 public water systems serving 10,694,477 people, with 108,966 cumulative violations and 12,032 health-based violations on record. About 92% of systems in the state carry at least one violation, and state-wide the average per system is 45.7 violations. Statewide, 102 of 254 UCMR5-tested systems have reported PFAS detections (40.2%).

Lowndes Co.-North Lowndes Co. WS's 251 violations sit above the Georgia average.

All figures above are sourced directly from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 public data releases and are updated as EPA publishes new reporting cycles.