Is UPSON COUNTY's water safe to drink?
UPSON 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: 5,243, over 2,054 connections.
UPSON COUNTY's record against the rest of the country
19 total violations and 1 health-based ones put UPSON COUNTY at the 39th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 7,859 of 12,903.
How UPSON COUNTY compares within GA
GA's 312 covered systems average 3.5 health-based violations each; UPSON COUNTY carries 1, not more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for UPSON COUNTY is from 2020-11-01 (health-based: 2015-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/12/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
UPSON 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
Everything on this page is UPSON COUNTY's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and UPSON COUNTY's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 7,859th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.