Public water system record
Garden City
Serves Garden City, Chatham County, GA · 9,000 people served
Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 5 monitoring/reporting issues for Garden City in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Revised Total Coliform Rule violation.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 1
- Resolved
- 1
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- Yes
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 5
Key facts
- Garden City draws water from 4 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Georgia, April 2020.
- Record on file since 1993, with 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 3 lead and 597 unknown out of 3,674 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.
| Contaminant | Rule family | Start date | Status | Acute |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
110 | Sep 1, 2019 | Resolved | Yes |
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
|
Jul 2, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
E. coli
Monitoring and reporting
|
Sep 26, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Sep 13, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
|
Sep 1, 2019 | Resolved |
Full record since 1993
EPA's records for Garden City go back to 1993. Before October 19, 2016 they list 2 health-based violations (2 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 5 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 | 2 |
| 2000s | 2 | 3 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020s | 0 | 2 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began July 2006, Archived.
Show all 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 2006 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 2005 | Archived |
Enforcement actions
Georgia regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Garden City and issued 1 boil water order between 2019 and 2020. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in April 2020.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 2020 | Georgia | Compliance order with a penalty | 4 violations (1 health-based): Revised Total Coliform Rule, Public Notice, E. coli |
| Sep 26, 2019 | Georgia | Boil water order | 1 violation (1 health-based): Revised Total Coliform Rule |
What the violations mean
Revised Total Coliform Rule
1 incidentThe system did not meet a requirement of the Revised Total Coliform Rule
Coliform and E. coli rules protect against bacteria in the distribution system
Where the water comes from
Garden City draws water from 4 wells. It also has an emergency connection to Savannah-Main.
Emergency or part-time connections to
- Savannah-Main Port Wentworth, GA
Annual water quality report
Garden City 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.
Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.
Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search
Testing your own water
To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by Georgia.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells