What's in ST. SIMONS ISLAND's water?
ST. SIMONS ISLAND has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 29,249, over 11,935 connections.
How this compares nationally
12 total violations and 4 health-based ones put ST. SIMONS ISLAND at the 66th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 4,331 of 12,903.
Against the GA average
Among the 312 GA systems in this dataset, the average is 3.5 health-based violations - ST. SIMONS ISLAND's 4 is above that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
ST. SIMONS ISLAND's most recent violation on record is dated 2016-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2010-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 06/12/2026.
The concern categories on record
ST. SIMONS ISLAND'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)
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: Chlorine
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 ST. SIMONS ISLAND's record does not cover
This is what ST. SIMONS ISLAND 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 ST. SIMONS ISLAND's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,331th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.