DrinkingWaterCheck

Is FAYETTE COUNTY's water safe to drink?

FAYETTE 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 86,934 people through 33,436 service connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

FAYETTE COUNTY has 26 violations on record in total, 12 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,612th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 88th percentile nationally.

Against the GA average

Among the 312 GA systems in this dataset, the average is 3.5 health-based violations - FAYETTE COUNTY's 12 is above that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.

Most recent violation on record

FAYETTE COUNTY's most recent violation on record is dated 2016-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2016-01-10. Last reported to EPA: 06/12/2026.

The concern categories on record

FAYETTE 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:

The most severe category on record is synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / vocs, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.

What FAYETTE COUNTY's record does not cover

This is what FAYETTE COUNTY reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Between the utility's meter and FAYETTE COUNTY's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,612th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.