Community Water System · PWS GA2230001
Hiram
Operator location Hiram, Georgia - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 858 people served; 28 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 858
- People served (this PWS) Smaller third of systems
- 28
- EPA violations (this PWS) Middle third of systems
- 6
- Health-based (this PWS) Middle third by health-based share
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS) No UCMR5 result
Hiram standing, mid SDWIS violation third
858 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 21% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #21,654 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Hiram lands in the middle third by violation volume (28), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is smaller (858; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 21% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #21,654 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #471 of 629
- Population · GA
- 28
- Total EPA violations on record
- 21%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
Based on EPA SDWIS violation history and UCMR5 PFAS testing only, not water taste, odor, infrastructure age, or contaminants outside the federally tracked set.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 330
- County
- Paulding
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 6
- Monitoring Violations
- 7
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 9 | 2024 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 6 | 2015 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 4 | 2011 |
| E. COLI | MR | 3 | 2023 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | RPT | 1 | 2025 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Hiram has 28 recorded EPA violations, 40% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 59% carry more. 21% of this system's own violations are health-based (6 of 28), and it ranks #21,654 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)
28 Lower than most fewer violations than 59% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
How many violations vs. how serious, among peer systems
Hiram plotted against 29 peer public water systems (500+ people served), by total violation count (x) and the share of those violations that are health-based (y). The crosshair sits at this sample's own median on each axis. A high violation count does not automatically mean a serious record: most monitoring and reporting violations are minor, not health-based.
Violation volume vs. health-based share
Population served record for Hiram
EPA SDWIS lists 858 people served and 330 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
28 violations · 858 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 smaller service footprints
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Hiram
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
- Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
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