Lowndes Co-South Lowndes, GA Water Quality
Lowndes Co-South Lowndes: EPA violation history, explained
Lowndes Co-South Lowndes has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 8,303 people through 3,307 service connections.
Lowndes Co-South Lowndes's record against the rest of the country
11 total violations and 2 health-based ones put Lowndes Co-South Lowndes at the 50th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 6,490 of 12,903.
How Lowndes Co-South Lowndes compares within GA
Lowndes Co-South Lowndes's 2 health-based violations sit within the GA average of 3.5, across 312 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for Lowndes Co-South Lowndes is from 2016-01-07 (health-based: 2008-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 06/12/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
Lowndes Co-South Lowndes'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
This is what Lowndes Co-South Lowndes 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. This record - 2 health-based violations on file for Lowndes Co-South Lowndes - 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.