FOLKSTON: EPA violation history, explained
FOLKSTON has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 5,390, over 2,320 connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, FOLKSTON ranks 4,473th by violation burden (65th percentile) - 8 violations total, 4 health-baseds.
How FOLKSTON compares within GA
FOLKSTON's 4 health-based violations sit above the GA average of 3.5, across 312 systems statewide. 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 FOLKSTON is from 2008-01-07 (health-based: 2001-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/12/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
FOLKSTON'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 FOLKSTON'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 FOLKSTON's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,473th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.