What's in BOWDON's water?
BOWDON has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 6,180 people through 2,377 service connections.
How this compares nationally
27 total violations and 11 health-based ones put BOWDON at the 86th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,772 of 12,903.
Against the GA average
GA's 312 covered systems average 3.5 health-based violations each; BOWDON carries 11, more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
BOWDON's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2016-01-10. Last reported to EPA: 06/12/2026.
The concern categories on record
BOWDON'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); Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: DICHLOROMETHANE
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
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 BOWDON's record does not cover
BOWDON's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 27 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.