ATHENS-CLARKE CO WATER SYSTEM: EPA violation history, explained
ATHENS-CLARKE CO WATER SYSTEM had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. It serves 125,000 people through 40,300 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
11 total violations and 3 health-based ones put ATHENS-CLARKE CO WATER SYSTEM at the 60th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,224 of 12,903.
Against the GA average
GA's 312 covered systems average 3.5 health-based violations each; ATHENS-CLARKE CO WATER SYSTEM carries 3, not more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
ATHENS-CLARKE CO WATER SYSTEM's most recent violation on record is dated 2022-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2022-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 06/12/2026.
The concern categories on record
ATHENS-CLARKE CO WATER SYSTEM's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
The most severe category on record is disinfection byproducts, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What ATHENS-CLARKE CO WATER SYSTEM's record does not cover
Everything on this page is ATHENS-CLARKE CO WATER SYSTEM's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 11 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.