Is DAHLONEGA's water safe to drink?

DAHLONEGA has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 7,500 people through 2,390 service connections.

DAHLONEGA's record against the rest of the country

DAHLONEGA has 28 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 7,685th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 40th percentile nationally.

Against the GA average

DAHLONEGA's 1 health-based violations sit within the GA average of 3.5, across 312 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.

Most recent violation on record

DAHLONEGA's most recent violation on record is dated 2017-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 1991-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 06/12/2026.

The concern categories on record

DAHLONEGA'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 DAHLONEGA's record does not cover

Everything on this page is DAHLONEGA's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and DAHLONEGA's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 7,685th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.