Is AUSTELL's water safe to drink?
AUSTELL has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 7,774, over 2,990 connections.
How this compares nationally
AUSTELL has 8 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 8,378th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 35th percentile nationally.
How AUSTELL compares within GA
AUSTELL's 1 health-based violations sit within the GA average of 3.5, across 312 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for AUSTELL is from 2017-01-07 (health-based: 1997-01-02). Last reported to EPA: 06/12/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
AUSTELL'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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
This is what AUSTELL 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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 8 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.