Community Water System · PWS GA2630005
Talbot County Water Works
Operator location Talbotton, Georgia - 70% of 123 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 4,028 served per SDWIS.
- 4,028
- People served (this PWS)
- 123
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 86
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 6 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Talbot County Water Works standing, high SDWIS violation third
70% of 123 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 70% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Population rank #8,813 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Talbot County Water Works sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (123), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (4,028; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 70% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 detected 6 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)).
- #8,813 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #231 of 629
- Population · GA
- 123
- Total EPA violations on record
- 70%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
6 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 1,500
- County
- Talbot
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 86
- Monitoring Violations
- 17
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM | MCL | 74 | 2023 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 12 | 2009 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 8 | 2004 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 7 | 2009 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 2 | 2009 |
| TTHM | MR | 1 | 2025 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 1 | 2025 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Talbot County Water Works has 123 recorded EPA violations, 77% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 23% carry more. 70% of this system's own violations are health-based (86 of 123), and it ranks #8,813 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)
123 Higher than most more violations than 77% 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. 20 of 232 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFMPA | 9/23/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 9/23/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 9/23/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 9/23/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 9/23/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 9/23/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 9/23/2024 | 6.70 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFMBA | 9/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 9/23/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 9/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 9/23/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 9/23/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 9/23/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 9/23/2024 | 7.20 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFDoA | 9/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 9/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 9/23/2024 | 4.10 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFHpA | 9/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 9/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 9/23/2024 | 4.30 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFNA | 9/23/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 9/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 9/23/2024 | 6.20 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFHpS | 9/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 9/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 8/5/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 8/5/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 8/5/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 8/5/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 8/5/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 8/5/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 8/5/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 8/5/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 8/5/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 8/5/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 8/5/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 8/5/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 8/5/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 8/5/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 8/5/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 8/5/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 8/5/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 8/5/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 8/5/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 8/5/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 8/5/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 8/5/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 8/5/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 8/5/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 8/5/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Health-based violations on Talbot County Water Works
86 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for GA2630005.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Georgia EPD, Drinking Water Program
Nationwide peers
123 violations · 4,028 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems with comparable violation load
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 Talbot County Water Works
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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