Is BARTOW COUNTY's water safe to drink?
BARTOW COUNTY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 70,243 people through 26,016 service connections.
How this compares nationally
13 total violations and 3 health-based ones put BARTOW COUNTY at the 60th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,166 of 12,903.
How BARTOW COUNTY compares within GA
GA's 312 covered systems average 3.5 health-based violations each; BARTOW COUNTY carries 3, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for BARTOW COUNTY is from 2025-01-11 (health-based: 2010-01-06). Last reported to EPA: 06/12/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
BARTOW COUNTY'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
Everything on this page is BARTOW COUNTY's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 3 health-based violations on file for BARTOW COUNTY - 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.