EFFINGHAM COUNTY SURFACE WATER SYSTEM: EPA violation history, explained
EFFINGHAM COUNTY SURFACE WATER SYSTEM has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 12,293 people through 1,773 service connections.
How this compares nationally
EFFINGHAM COUNTY SURFACE WATER SYSTEM has 8 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 8,365th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 35th percentile nationally.
How EFFINGHAM COUNTY SURFACE WATER SYSTEM compares within GA
EFFINGHAM COUNTY SURFACE WATER SYSTEM'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
The last violation EPA has on record for EFFINGHAM COUNTY SURFACE WATER SYSTEM is from 2023-01-07 (health-based: 2007-01-11). Last reported to EPA: 06/12/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
EFFINGHAM COUNTY SURFACE WATER SYSTEM'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 EFFINGHAM COUNTY SURFACE WATER SYSTEM's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 1 health-based violation on file for EFFINGHAM COUNTY SURFACE WATER SYSTEM - 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.