Is PICKENS COUNTY WATER AUTH.'s water safe to drink?
PICKENS COUNTY WATER AUTH. has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 7,153 people through 2,751 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, PICKENS COUNTY WATER AUTH. ranks 5,184th by violation burden (60th percentile) - 13 violations total, 3 health-baseds.
Against the GA average
PICKENS COUNTY WATER AUTH.'s 3 health-based violations sit within 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
PICKENS COUNTY WATER AUTH.'s most recent violation on record is dated 2024-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2014-01-09. Last reported to EPA: 06/12/2026.
The concern categories on record
PICKENS COUNTY WATER AUTH.'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 PICKENS COUNTY WATER AUTH.'s record does not cover
Everything on this page is PICKENS COUNTY WATER AUTH.'s own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 3 health-based violations on file for PICKENS COUNTY WATER AUTH. - 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.