What's in SWAINSBORO's water?
SWAINSBORO has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 9,536 people get their water from it, across 3,281 connections.
How this compares nationally
44 total violations and 2 health-based ones put SWAINSBORO at the 54th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,954 of 12,903.
Against the GA average
Among the 312 GA systems in this dataset, the average is 3.5 health-based violations - SWAINSBORO's 2 is at or below that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
SWAINSBORO's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2016-01-02. Last reported to EPA: 06/12/2026.
The concern categories on record
SWAINSBORO'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 SWAINSBORO's record does not cover
Everything on this page is SWAINSBORO's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 44 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.