METTER: EPA violation history, explained

METTER has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 4,776, over 2,200 connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

19 total violations and 4 health-based ones put METTER at the 67th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 4,210 of 12,903.

Against the GA average

GA's 312 covered systems average 3.5 health-based violations each; METTER carries 4, more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.

Most recent violation on record

METTER's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-02-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2010-01-04. Last reported to EPA: 06/12/2026.

The concern categories on record

METTER'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 METTER's record does not cover

METTER'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 METTER's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,210th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.