State of Georgia
Department of Natural Resources
Environmental Protection Division
Public Water System
1996 Compliance Report
This report provides a summary of maximum contaminant level (MCL),
significant monitoring/reporting (M/R), and treatment technique
(TT) violations during the calendar year 1996 for public water
systems (PWSs) in the State of Georgia.
Introduction
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established the Public
Water System Supervision (PWSS) Program under the authority of
the 1974 Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). Under the SDWA and the
1986 Amendments, EPA sets national limits on contaminant levels
in drinking water to ensure that the water is safe for human consumption.
These limits are known as maximum contaminant levels (MCLs). For
some regulations, EPA established treatment techniques in lieu
of an MCL to control unacceptable levels of contaminants in drinking
water. The Agency also regulates how often public water systems
(PWSs) monitor their water for contaminants and report the monitoring
result to the states or EPA. Generally, the larger the population
served by a water system, the more frequent the monitoring and
reporting (M/R) requirements. In addition, EPA requires PWSs to
monitor for unregulated contaminants to provide data for future
regulatory development. Finally, EPA requires PWSs to notify the
public when they have violated these regulations. The 1996 Amendments
to the SDWA require public notification to include a clear and
understandable explanation of the nature of the violation, its
potential adverse health effects, steps that the PWS is undertaking
to correct the violation and the possibility of alternative water
supplies during the violation.
The SDWA applies to the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Indian
Lands, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the Republic of Palau.
The SDWA allows states and territories to seek EPA approval to
administer their own PWSS programs. The authority to run a PWSS
Program is called primacy. To receive primacy, States must meet
certain requirements laid out in the SDWA and regulations, including
the adoption of drinking water regulations that are at least as
stringent as the Federal regulations and a demonstration that they
can enforce the program requirements. Of the 57 States and Territories,
all but Wyoming and the District of Columbia have Primacy. The
EPA Regional Offices administer the PWSS Programs within these
two jurisdictions.
The 1986 SDWA Amendments gave Indian Tribes the right to apply
for and receive primacy. To receive primacy, a Tribe must meet
the same requirements as a State. To date, no Tribes have been
granted primacy. Currently, EPA administers PWSS Programs on all
Indian lands.
Annual State PWS Report
Primacy States submit data to the Safe Drinking Water Information
System (SDWIS/FED) on a quarterly basis. Data include PWS inventory
statistics, the incidence of Maximum Contaminant Level, Major Monitoring,
and Treatment Technique violation, and the enforcement actions
taken against violators. The annual compliance report that states
are required to submit to EPA will provide a total annual representation
of the numbers of violations for each of the four categories listed
in section 1414(c)(3) of the Safe Drinking Water Act reauthorization.
These four categories are: MCLs, treatment techniques, variances
and exemptions, and significant monitoring violations. EPA stores
this data in an automated database called the Safe Drinking Water
Information System (SDWIS). This report is based on data retrieved
from the federal version of the Safe Drinking Water Information
System (SDWIS/FED) as it stood on October 1, 1997.
Public Water System
A Public water system (PWS) is defined as a system that provides
water via piping or other constructed conveyances for human consumption
to at least 15 service connections or serves an average of at least
25 people for at least 60 days each year. There are three types
of PWSs. PWSs can be community (such as towns), nontransient noncommunity
(such as schools or factories), or transient noncommunity systems
(such as rest stops or parks). For this report when the acronym
APWS@ is used, it means systems of all types unless specified in
greater detail.
Maximum Contaminant Level
Under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), the EPA sets national
limits on contaminant levels in drinking water to ensure that the
water is safe for human consumption. These limits are known as
Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs).
Treatment Techniques
For some regulations, the EPA establishes treatment techniques
(TTs) in lieu of an MCL to control unacceptable levels of certain
contaminants. For example, treatment techniques have been established
for viruses, bacteria, and turbidity.
Variances and Exemptions
Although the State of Georgia currently does not grant them, the
Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 allows for variances
and exemptions to specific requirements of the Act to be granted
under certain circumstances. If, due to the characteristics of
the raw water sources reasonably available, a PWS cannot meet the
MCL, a primacy State can grant the PWS a variance from the applicable
primary drinking water regulation on the condition that the system
install the best available technology, treatment techniques, or
other means which the Director finds are available (taking cost
into account). The state must find that the variance will not result
in an unreasonable risk to health, and shall prescribe, at the
time the variance is granted, a schedule (including increments
of progress) in accordance with which the PWS must come into compliance
with the MCL. Small systems (serving 3,300 or fewer persons; or
10,000 or fewer persons with the Director=s approval) may be granted
variances if they cannot afford (as determined by application of
the Director=s affordability criteria) to comply with certain MCLs
(non-microbial, promulgated after January 1, 1986) by means of
treatment, alternative source of water, or restructuring or consolidation.
Small systems must, within 3 years, install and operate EPA approved
small system variance technology. The variance must ensure adequate
protection of human health, and the variance shall be reviewed
not less than every 5 years to determine wether the system remains
eligible for the variance. A primacy State may by exemption relieve
a PWS of its obligation to comply with an MCL, treatment technique,
or both if the system=s noncompliance results from compelling factors
(which may include economic factors, the system was in operation
on the effective date of the MCL or treatment technique requirement)
or if not in operation by that date, only if no reasonable alternative
source of drinking water is available to such new systems, management
or restructuring changes cannot reasonably be made that will result
in compliance with the SDWA or improvement of water quality, and
the exemption will not result in an unreasonable risk to public
health. The State will require the PWS to comply with the MCL or
treatment technique as expeditiously as practicable, but not later
than 3 years after the otherwise applicable compliance date.
Monitoring
A PWS is required to monitor and verify that the levels of contaminants
present in the water do not exceed the MCL. If a PWS fails to have
its water tested as required, then a monitoring violation occurs.
A monitoring violation also includes failure to report test results
correctly to the primacy agent.
Significant Monitoring Violations
For this report, significant monitoring violations are defined
as any major monitoring violation that has occurred during the
specified report interval. A major monitoring violation (expect
for the Surface Water Treatment Rule) occurs when no samples were
taken or no results are reported during a compliance period. A
major Surface Water Treatment Rule M/R violation occurs when fewer
than 10% of the required samples are taken or no results are reported
during a reporting interval. A minor violation occurs when some
but not all of the required numbers of samples are taken. More
detailed discussion on major monitoring violations is provided
in the guidance document.
Georgia 1996 Compliance Summary Report
MCLs, Treatment Techniques, and Significant Monitoring/Reporting
January 1, 1996 to December 31, 1996
Definitions
Filtered Systems: Water systems that have installed filtration
treatment [40 CFR 141, Subpart H].
Inorganic Contaminants: Non-carbon-based compounds such
as metals, nitrates, and asbestos. These contaminants are naturally-occurring
in some water, but can get into water through farming, chemical
manufacturing, and other human activities. EPA has established
MCLs for 15 inorganic contaminants [40 CFR 141.62].
Lead and Copper Rule: This rule established national
limits on lead and copper in drinking water [40 CFR 141.80-91].
Lead and copper corrosion pose various health risks when ingested
at any level, and can enter drinking water from household pipes
and plumbing fixtures. Pennsylvania reports violations of the Lead
and Copper Rule in the following six categories:
Initial lead and copper tap M/R: A violation where a system
did not meet initial lead and copper testing requirements, or failed
to report the results of those tests to the State.
Follow-up or routine lead and copper tap M/R: A
violation where a system did not meet follow-up or routine lead
and copper tap testing requirements, or failed to report the results.
Treatment installation: Violations for a failure to install
optimal corrosion control treatment system or source water treatment
system which would reduce lead and copper levels in water at the
tap. [One number is to be reported for the sum of violations in
both categories].
Lead service line replacement: A violation for a system=s
failure to replace lead service lines on the schedule required
by the regulation.
Public education: A violation where a system did not provide
required public education about reducing or avoiding lead intake
from water.
Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL): The highest amount of
a contaminant that EPA allows in drinking water. MCLs ensure that
drinking water does not pose either a short-term or long-term health
risk. MCLs are defined in milligrams per liter (parts per million)
unless otherwise specified.
Monitoring: EPA specifies which water testing methods
the water systems must use, and sets schedules for the frequency
of testing. A water system that does not follow EPA=s schedule
or methodology is in violation [40 CFR 141].
States must report monitoring violations that are significant
as determined by the EPA Administrator in consultation with the
States. For purposes of this report, significant monitoring violations
are major violations and they occur when no samples are taken or
no results are reported during a compliance period. A major monitoring
violation for the surface water treatment rule occurs when at least
90% of the required samples are not taken or results are not reported
during the compliance period.
Organic Contaminants: Carbon-based compounds, such as
industrial solvents and pesticides. These contaminants generally
get into water through runoff from cropland or discharge from factories.
EPA has set legal limits on 54 organic contaminants that are to
be reported [40 CFR 141.61].
Radionuclides: Radioactive particles which can occur
naturally in water or result from human activity. EPA has set legal
limits on four types of radionuclides: radium-226, radium-228,
gross alpha, and beta particle/photon radioactivity [40 CFR 141].
Violations for these contaminants are to be reported using the
following three categories:
Gross alpha: A violation for alpha radiation above MCL of
15 picocuries/liter. Gross alpha includes radium-226 but excludes
radon and uranium.
Combined radium-226 and radium-228: A violation for combined
radiation from these two isotopes above MCL of 5 pCi/L.
Gross beta: A violation for beta particle and photon radioactivity
from man-made radionuclides above 4 millirem/year.
Reporting Interval: The reporting interval for violations
to be included in the first PWS Annual Compliance Report, which
is to be submitted to EPA by January 1, 1998, is from January 1,
1996 through December 31, 1996. Subsequent compliance reports will
be submitted to EPA by July 1 for the preceding calendar year.
SDWIS Code: Specific numeric codes from the Safe Drinking
Water Information System (SDWIS) have been assigned to each violation
type included in this report. The violations to be reported include
exceeding contaminant MCLs, failure to comply with treatment requirements,
and failure to meet monitoring and reporting requirements. Four-digit
SDWIS Contaminant Codes have also been included in the chart for
specific MCL contaminants.
Surface Water Treatment Rule: The Surface Water Treatment
Rule establishes criteria under which water systems supplied by
surface-water sources, or ground-water sources under the direct
influence of surface water, must filter and disinfect their water
[40 CFR 141, Subpart H]. Violations of the "Surface Water Treatment
Rule" are to be reported for the following four categories:
Monitoring, routine/repeat (for filtered systems): A violation
for a system=s failure to carry out required tests, or to report
the results of those tests.
Treatment techniques (for filtered systems): A violation
for a system=s failure to properly treat its water.
Monitoring, routine/repeat (for unfiltered systems): A violation
for a system=s failure to carry out required water tests, or to
report the results of those tests.
Failure to filter (for unfiltered systems): A violation for
a system=s failure to properly treat its water. Data for this violation
code will be supplied to the States by EPA.
Total Coliform Rule (TCR): The Total Coliform Rule establishes
regulations for microbiological contaminants in drinking water.
These contaminants can cause short-term health problems. If no
samples are collected during the one month compliance period, a
significant monitoring violation occurs. States are to report four
categories of violations:
Acute MCL violation: A violation where the system found fecal
coliform or E. coli, potentially harmful bacteria, in its water,
thereby violating the rule.
Non-acute MCL violation: A violation where the system found
total coliform in samples of its water at a frequency or at a level
that violates the rule. For systems collecting fewer than 40 samples
per month, more than one positive sample for total coliform is
a violation. For systems collecting 40 or more samples per month,
more than 5% of the samples positive for total coliform is a violation.
Major routine and follow-up monitoring: A violation where
a system did not perform any monitoring. [One number is to be reported
for the sum of violations in these two categories.]
Sanitary Survey: A major monitoring violation if a system
fails to collect 5 routine monthly samples if sanitary survey is
not performed.
Treatment Techniques: A water disinfection process that
EPA requires instead of an MCL for contaminants that laboratories
cannot adequately measure. Failure to meet other operational and
system requirements under the Surface Water Treatment and the Lead
and Copper Rules have also been included in this category of violation
for purposes of this report.
Unfiltered Systems: Water systems that do not need to
filter their water before disinfecting it because the source is
very clean [40 CFR, Subpart H].
Violation: A failure to meet any state or federal drinking
water regulation.
Organic Contaminants
|
MCL
(mg/R)1 |
Total
Analyses |
MCLs |
Treatment
Techniques |
Significant
Monitoring/Reporting |
Number of
Violations |
Number of
Systems With Violations |
Number of
Violations |
Number of
Systems With Violations |
Number of
Violations |
Number of
Systems With Violations |
1,1,1-Trichloroethane |
0.20 |
1,323 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
1,1,2-Trichloroethane |
0.005 |
1,323 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
1,1-Dichloroethylene |
0.007 |
1,323 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene |
0.07 |
1,323 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane
(DBCP) |
0.0002 |
1,323 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
1,2-Dichlorethane |
0.005 |
1,323 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
1,2-Dichloropropane |
0.005 |
1,323 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
2,3,7,8-TCDD (Dioxin) |
3x10-8 |
02 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
2,4,5-TP |
0.05 |
657 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
2,4-D |
0.07 |
657 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
Acrylamide |
|
|
|
|
0 |
0 |
|
|
Alachlor |
0.002 |
556 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
Atrazine |
0.003 |
556 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
Benzene |
0.005 |
1,323 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
Benzo[a]pyrene |
0.0002 |
566 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
Carbofuran |
0.04 |
567 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
Carbon tetrachloride |
0.002 |
1,323 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
Chlordane |
0.002 |
766 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene |
0.07 |
1,223 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
Dalapon |
0.2 |
657 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
Di(2-ethylhexyl)adipate |
0.4 |
1,006 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate |
0.006 |
1,007 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
Dichoromethame |
0.005 |
1,323 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
Dinoseb |
0.007 |
657 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
Diquat |
0.02 |
653 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
Endothall |
0.1 |
653 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
Endrin |
0.002 |
766 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
Epichlorohydrin |
|
|
|
|
0 |
0 |
|
|
Ethylbenzene |
0.7 |
1,323 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
Ethylene dibromide |
0.00005 |
1,323 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
Glyphosate |
0.7 |
655 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
Heptachlor |
0.0004 |
766 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
Heptachlor epoxide |
0.0002 |
766 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
Hexachlorobrnzene |
0.001 |
766 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene |
0.05 |
766 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
Lindane |
0.0002 |
766 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
Methoxychlor |
0.04 |
556 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
Monochlorobenzene |
0.1 |
1,323 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
o-Dichlorobrnzene |
0.6 |
1,323 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
Oxamyl (Vydate) |
0.2 |
557 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
para-Dichlorobenzene |
0.075 |
1,323 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
Pentachlorophenol |
0.001 |
657 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
Picloram |
0.5 |
657 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
Simazine |
0.004 |
566 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
Styrene |
0.1 |
1,323 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
Tetrachloroethylene |
0.005 |
1,323 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
Toluene |
1 |
1,323 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
Total polychlorinated biphenyls |
0.0005 |
765 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
Toxaphene |
0.003 |
766 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene |
0.1 |
1,323 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
Trichlorethylene |
0.005 |
1,323 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
Vinyl chloride |
0.002 |
1,323 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
Xylenes (total) |
10 |
1,323 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
Subtotal |
|
49,072 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
22 |
1 |
Total Trihalomethanes
|
MCL
(mg/R)1 |
Total
Analyses |
MCLs |
Treatment Techniques |
Significant
Monitoring/Reporting |
Number of
Violations |
Number of
Systems With Violations |
Number of Violations |
Number of
Systems With Violations |
Number of
Violations |
Number of
Systems With Violations |
Total Trihalomethanes |
0.10 |
312 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
Inorganic Contaminants
|
MCL
(mg/R)1 |
Total
Analyses |
MCLs |
Treatment
Techniques |
Significant
Monitoring/Reporting |
Number of
Violations |
Number of
Systems With Violations |
Number of
Violations |
Number of
Systems With Violations |
Number of
Violations |
Number of
Systems With Violations |
Antimony |
0.006 |
1,029 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
Arsnic |
0.05 |
1,029 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
Asbestos |
7 million
fibers/~ 10um long |
61 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
Barium |
2 |
1,029 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
Beryllium |
0.004 |
1,029 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
Cadmium |
0.005 |
1,031 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
Chromium |
0.1 |
1,029 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
Cyanide (as free cyanide) |
0.2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
Fluoride |
4.0 |
1,033 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
Mercury |
0.002 |
930 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
Nitrate |
10 (as Nitrogen) |
3,320 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
284 |
284 |
Nitrite |
1 (as Nitrogen) |
3,321 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
Selenium |
0.05 |
1,029 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
Thallium |
0.002 |
1,029 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
Subtotal |
|
16,899 |
2 |
2 |
|
|
285 |
284 |
PWS=s with Inorganic MCL Violations:
Cadmium - 0510006 Thunderbolt |
Nitrate - 1390025 Lake Lanier
Mobile Home Park |
Radionuclide MCLs
|
MCL
(mg/R)1 |
Total
Analyses |
MCLs |
Treatment
Techniques |
Significant
Monitoring/Reporting |
Number of
Violations |
Number of
Systems With Violations |
Number of
Violations |
Number of
Systems With Violations |
Number of
Violations |
Number of
Systems With Violations |
Gross alpha |
15pCi/R |
497 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
Radium-226 and radium-228 |
5pCi/R |
55 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
Gross beta |
4mrem/yr |
12 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
Subtotal |
|
564 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
Total Coliform Rule
|
MCL
(mg/R)1 |
Total
Analyses |
MCLs |
Treatment
Techniques |
Significant
Monitoring/Reporting |
Number of
Violations |
Number of
Systems With Violations |
Number of
Violations |
Number of
Systems With Violations |
Number of
Violations |
Number of
Systems With Violations |
Acute MCL violations |
Presence |
1,574 |
12 |
12 |
|
|
|
|
Non-acute MCL violations |
Presence |
39,150 |
195 |
149 |
|
|
|
|
Major routine and follow
up monitoring |
|
|
|
|
|
|
767 |
566 |
Sanitary survey |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
0 |
Subtotal |
|
40,724 |
207 |
161 |
|
|
767 |
566 |
PWS=s with Acute MCL violations:
1050036 Beaverdam Mobile Home
Park |
2270017 Country Café |
1830035 Ray's Mobile Home Park |
2450046 Gaskins Mobile Home
Park |
1870055 Forest Hills Retreat |
2570006 Shady Shores Subdivision |
1950013 Jubilee Partners |
2810040 Enchanted Valley RV
Park |
1990018 Riverside Inn Restaurant |
2950014 Walker Co. Rural Water
Auth |
2110052 DNR-Camp Rutledge |
3110062 Wildwood on Pink Mountain |
PWS=s with Non-Acute MCL violations:
0010016 Altamaha Mobile Home
Park |
1110042 USFS-Deep Hole Rec
Area (2) |
1990018 Riverside Inn Restaurant |
0010019 Cooper Travel Trailer
Park |
1110053 Fishook Point Subdivision |
2050027 New Hope Child Care
Center |
0050003 Lee Meats |
1110054 Whispering Pines Campground |
2070051 Rum Creek Restaurant
(2) |
0270036 Oak Ridge Village |
1130005 Fayette Mobile Home
Park |
2090007 Williams Mobile Home
Park |
0290045 Kilkenny Campground
(3) |
1170032 Shorewood/Four Mile
S/D (2) |
2090019 Budget Inn |
0310014 Mixon's Mobile Village |
1170057 Hammond Crossing |
2170015 Beacon Hill Subdivision
(3) |
0310170 Hodges Subdivision |
1170098 L And M Restaurant |
2190039 Green Hill Country
Club |
0310180 Timberland Points |
1190013 Boaz Carpet Yarns Inc |
2210004 Arnoldsville |
0310180 Timberland Points |
1230000 Ellijay-Gilmer Co.
Water Auth. |
2270008 Camp Grandview |
0310199 Westside Mobile Home
Park |
1270007 Youth Estates |
2290030 Martin Mobile Home
Park |
0350011 Country Mobile Home
Park (3) |
1270025 Sea Island Company |
2310001 Meansville |
0390042 Southwood Acres Mobile
Home Pk (2) |
1270151 Golden Isle Pkwy Church
of God |
2310025 Shri Ram Chandra Mission |
0390043 Elliott's Bluff |
1270152 Huddle House of US
17 South |
2370025 USFS-Lake Sinclair
Rec. Center (2) |
0390047 Beulah Mobile Home
Park |
1290002 DOT-Rest Area #34 |
2410033 Screamer Mountain S/D |
0450001 Carroll County (2) |
1310039 Wight's Nursery-Division
III |
2410102 Lake Burton Cafe |
0450002 Carrollton |
1350005 Lawrenceville |
2410103 Tallulah River Resort |
0450084 Wolf Creek Resort |
1350007 Norcross |
2450038 Byron Trailer Park |
0490000 Folkston |
1370035 USFS-Nancytown Rec
Area (2) |
2470000 Rockdale Co. Water
System |
0490012 Traders-Hill Recreation
Area (2) |
1390025 Lake Lanier Mobile
Home Park (2) |
2470007 Elks Aidmore Childrens
Home |
0510040 Atlantic WS-Pine Barren
Acres |
1390032 Trailwood Acres Mobile
Home Pk (2) |
2510003 Sylvania |
0510046 River Oaks Subdivision |
1450027 GSA-Camp Cocharty |
2530000 Donalsonville |
0510085 Atlantic WS-Oliver
Pines |
1470003 Mt. Olivet School |
2570013 Forest Hill Trailer
Park |
0510134 Wilmington Isl. WS,
Inc. |
1470026 USCE-Gum Branch |
2610032 Dozier Farms |
0510137 Barnwell Gardens Subdivision |
1470039 USCE-Paynes Creek |
2630002 Junction City (2) |
0510138 Bashlors Mobile Home
Park |
1470060 Bamboo Point Subdivision |
2670002 Glennville |
0510221 Coastal Equities Inc.No.2
(3) |
1530007 Warner Robins |
2670041 Bland Farms |
0510235 Dean Forest Road Trailer
Park |
1570117 Western Jackson
Co Water Sys |
2730015 Terrell County Child
Dev. Ctr. |
0510262 USCG-Tybee Station
(2) |
1610021 Lake Owl Head Subdivision
(2) |
2750060 Summer Meadows Subdivision
(3) |
0570015 Oakland Trailer Park |
1670002 Wrightsville (2) |
2790000 Lyons |
0590071 Crestmont Farms Sd
(2) |
1670007 Sheppard Restaurant |
2790002 Vidalia |
0610023 DNR-George T Bagby
State Park |
1750067 Gilman Paper Company
(2) |
2790027 Shady Acres Mobile
Home Park (2) |
0630003 Riverdale |
1750114 DOT-Rest Area #88 |
2810031 USFS-Sandy Bottoms |
0690036 Grove Park Mobile Home
Park |
1770000 Leesburg |
2810040 Enchanted Valley RV
Park (2) |
0690050 Riverbend Estates |
1790007 Lake George Subdivision |
2870024 Wanee Lake Country
Club (2) |
0750002 Lenox |
1790035 Riceboro |
2870033 Ashburn/Turner Co Rec
Dept. (2) |
0770010 Cannongate Ranchettes
(2) |
1790092 Camp Yellow Bluff (2) |
2890008 East Ocmulgee Acres
S/D |
0770013 Lake Placid |
1790093 Deerfield Mobile Home
Park |
2910029 Track Rock Campground |
0770127 Cureton Springs Mobile
Home Pk |
1790118 BSA-Camp Blue Heron |
2910045 Choestoe Valley Rv
Park (2) |
0770131 Smoke Pit Barbecue |
1790133 Liberty Middle/High
School (2) |
2910060 Smokey Mountain Acres
(2) |
0810002 Crisp Academy School
(3) |
1790138 South Newport Village |
2990000 Manor |
0810048 Cordele RV Park (2) |
1810000 Lincolnton |
2990046 Ga. Lions Camp For
The Blind (2) |
0850019 Hidden Valley Resort
(2) |
1830021 B & S Rentals |
3010009 Martin Marietta-Camak
Quarry |
0870070 Big House-Attapulgus |
1830033 Sandhill Subdivision |
3050023 Ponderosa Village MHP |
0910008 Jaybird Springs (2) |
1850002 Valdosta |
3050044 Jesup Motel |
0930032 Dooling |
1850289 Victory Baptist Church/School
(2) |
3110062 Wildwood on Pink Mountain |
0970002 Dogwood Blossom Trailer
Park |
1870011 Camp Wahsega |
3110070 White Creek Christian
Academy |
0990004 DNR-Kolomoki SP-Stay
Use |
1870050 Long Branch Day Care |
3110080 DHR-Outdoor Therapeutic
Prog (2) |
1070013 Archer-Dealva Park |
1890039 Samuels Truck Stop
(3) |
3110089 Wendells |
1070027 Coleman Lake Campground |
1930024 Tyson Foods Feed Mill |
3210003 Sylvester |
1110003 Morganton |
1950013 Jubilee Partners |
3210011 Pleasant Hills MHP |
Lead and Copper Rule
|
MCL
(mg/R)1 |
Total
Analyses |
MCLs |
Treatment
Techniques |
Significant
Monitoring/Reporting |
Number of
Violations |
Number of
Systems With Violations |
Number of
Violations |
Number of
Systems With Violations |
Number of
Violations |
Number of
Systems With Violations |
Initial lead and copper tap
M/R |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
1324 |
Follow-up or routine lead
and copper tap M/R |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
2 |
Treatment installation |
|
|
|
|
0 |
0 |
|
|
Public education |
|
|
|
|
0 |
0 |
|
|
Subtotal |
|
|
|
|
0 |
0 |
6 |
134 |
1. Values are in milligrams per liter (mg/R), unless otherwise
specified.
2. Dioxin sampling has been waved by the State based on a special
sampling of all potential Dioxin sources.
3. Number of major monitoring violations for sanitary survey under
the Total Coliform Rule.
4. Denotes Number of water systems with SNC having SNC determination
dates in the 1996 calendar year.
Summary
The purpose of this report is to inform and educate the public
of Public Water System compliance with the Safe Drinking Water
Act.
The majority of all drinking water violations (84%) involved failure
to submit a sample, or failure to report test results. These administrative
violations do not mean there were any problems with the quality
of the drinking water being served. Violations of standards for
total coliform bacteria occurred in 149 community water systems
serving 518,623 persons. Total coliform bacteria is used as an
indicator that additional testing of the system is required to
evaluate health risks. Drinking water which exceeds the standard
for total coliform bacteria is tested for fecal coliform, a bacteria
that can pose an immediate health threat. Only 12 violations of
standards for fecal coliform were reported in systems serving 2,819
persons. Lake Lanier Mobile Home Park (ID# 1390025), serving 107
persons, had a violation for nitrate and The City of Thunderbolt
(ID# 0510006), serving 2,786 persons, had a violation for Cadmium. It
is important to note that most violations are brief in duration
and quickly resolved.
EPD is working with public water systems in Georgia to ensure
that corrosive water does not cause public health problems. The
reaction between corrosive water and lead and copper piping can
result in unsafe levels of lead and copper in drinking water. More
that 2,000 public water systems have participated in a phased monitoring
program which began in 1992. Of these, only 132 systems serving
86,990 persons exceeded either the lead or copper action level
during 1996.
For additional information about this report contact:
Department of Natural Resources
Environmental Protection Division
Drinking Water Program
Information Management Unit
2 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Suite 1362
Atlanta, GA 30334
Phone: (404)657-8282
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