What's in ATLANTA's water?
ATLANTA has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 1,089,893 people get their water from it, across 188,246 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
ATLANTA has 17 violations on record in total, 7 of thems health-based - ranking it 2,748th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 79th percentile nationally.
Against the GA average
Among the 312 GA systems in this dataset, the average is 3.5 health-based violations - ATLANTA's 7 is above that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
ATLANTA's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2019-01-04. Last reported to EPA: 06/12/2026.
The concern categories on record
ATLANTA'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; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
The most severe category on record is disinfection byproducts, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What ATLANTA's record does not cover
This is what ATLANTA reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. This record - 7 health-based violations on file for ATLANTA - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.