Is DEXTER's water safe to drink?

DEXTER's only violations on record are reporting or monitoring lapses, not a contaminant or treatment-technique failure EPA classifies as health-based. 2,097 people get their water from it, across 321 connections.

DEXTER's record against the rest of the country

12 total violations and 0 health-based ones put DEXTER at the 20th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 10,367 of 12,903.

How DEXTER compares within GA

GA's 312 covered systems average 3.5 health-based violations each; DEXTER carries 0, not more than typical for the state. 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 DEXTER is from 2022-01-06. Last reported to EPA: 06/12/2026.

What this data is and is not

DEXTER'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. Between the utility's meter and DEXTER's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 10,367th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.