PAULDING COUNTY WATER SYSTEM: EPA violation history, explained
PAULDING COUNTY WATER SYSTEM has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 117,468, over 45,493 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, PAULDING COUNTY WATER SYSTEM ranks 6,624th by violation burden (49th percentile) - 8 violations total, 2 health-baseds.
Against the GA average
Among the 312 GA systems in this dataset, the average is 3.5 health-based violations - PAULDING COUNTY WATER SYSTEM's 2 is at or below that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
PAULDING COUNTY WATER SYSTEM's most recent violation on record is dated 2010-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2003-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 06/12/2026.
The concern categories on record
PAULDING COUNTY WATER SYSTEM'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 PAULDING COUNTY WATER SYSTEM's record does not cover
This is what PAULDING COUNTY WATER SYSTEM 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 PAULDING COUNTY WATER SYSTEM's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 6,624th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.