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Macon Water Authority

Serves Macon-Bibb County, Bibb County, GA · 130,024 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for Macon Water Authority in the last ten years.

  • GA0210001
  • MACON
  • GA
  • 130,024 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 31202
EPA system ID GA0210001

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
0

Key facts

  • Macon Water Authority draws water from 1 surface water intake.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Georgia, October 2006.
  • Record on file since 1999, with 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 54,412 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

None since October 2016, and no monitoring or reporting violations either.

Full record since 1999

EPA's records for Macon Water Authority go back to 1999. Before October 19, 2016 they list 2 health-based violations (2 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 4 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 1 0
2000s 0 3
2010 to October 18, 2016 1 1

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began May 2010, Archived.

Show all 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 May 1, 2010 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 1999 Archived

Enforcement actions

Georgia regulators took 3 formal enforcement actions against Macon Water Authority between 2003 and 2006. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in October 2006.

Date By Action Violations covered
Oct 31, 2006 Georgia Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation: Surface Water Treatment Rule
Oct 13, 2006 Georgia Administrative penalty 1 violation: Surface Water Treatment Rule
Jul 15, 2003 Georgia Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule

Where the water comes from

Macon Water Authority draws water from 1 surface water intake. 2 other community water systems buy water from Macon Water Authority. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Macon Water Authority.

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Macon Water Authority must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.

Systems serving 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.

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