Community Water System · PWS GA2550000
Griffin
Operator location Griffin, Georgia - 58% of 48 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 23,643 served per SDWIS.
- 23,643
- People served (this PWS)
- 48
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 28
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 9 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Griffin standing, mid SDWIS violation third
58% of 48 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 58% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Population rank #2,369 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Griffin lands in the middle third by violation volume (48), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (23,643; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 58% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 detected 9 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)).
- #2,369 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #62 of 629
- Population · GA
- 48
- Total EPA violations on record
- 58%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
9 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 11,436
- County
- Spalding
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 26
- Monitoring Violations
- 6
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 2
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM | MCL | 22 | 1987 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 10 | 2025 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 5 | 2002 |
| Chlorite | MCL | 4 | 2006 |
| Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule | TT | 2 | 2006 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 1 | 1994 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Griffin has 48 recorded EPA violations, 55% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 44% carry more. 58% of this system's own violations are health-based (28 of 48), and it ranks #2,369 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)
48 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
PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)
Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 16 of 66 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFNA | 9/6/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 9/6/2024 | 14.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| ADONA | 9/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 9/6/2024 | 20.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFHpA | 9/6/2024 | 7.60 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFBS | 9/6/2024 | 11.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFOA | 9/6/2024 | 9.70 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFDA | 9/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 9/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 9/6/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 9/6/2024 | 20.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFUnA | 9/6/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 9/6/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 9/6/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 9/6/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 9/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 9/6/2024 | 4.20 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| NFDHA | 9/6/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 9/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 9/6/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 9/6/2024 | 22.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 9/6/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 9/6/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 9/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 9/6/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 9/6/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 9/6/2024 | 8.80 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 9/6/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 9/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 5/29/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 5/29/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 5/29/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 5/29/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 3/5/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 3/5/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 3/5/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 3/5/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 12/23/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 12/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 12/23/2024 | 6.90 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFHxS | 12/23/2024 | 8.70 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFHpA | 12/23/2024 | 3.60 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFBS | 12/23/2024 | 6.80 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFUnA | 12/23/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 12/23/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 12/23/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 12/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 12/23/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 12/23/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 12/23/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Health-based violations on Griffin
28 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for GA2550000.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Georgia EPD, Drinking Water Program
Nationwide peers
48 violations · 23,643 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 Griffin
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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