OCONEE COUNTY: EPA violation history, explained

OCONEE COUNTY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 31,323, over 12,676 connections.

OCONEE COUNTY's record against the rest of the country

33 total violations and 1 health-based ones put OCONEE COUNTY at the 41th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 7,615 of 12,903.

How OCONEE COUNTY compares within GA

GA's 312 covered systems average 3.5 health-based violations each; OCONEE COUNTY carries 1, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.

Most recent violation on record

The last violation EPA has on record for OCONEE COUNTY is from 2023-01-01 (health-based: 1998-01-11). Last reported to EPA: 06/12/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

OCONEE 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:

• 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

OCONEE COUNTY'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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 33 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.