Public water system record
Cherokee County
Serves an area of Cherokee County, GA that includes Holly Springs, Woodstock and Nelson · 224,427 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for Cherokee County in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 0
Key facts
- Cherokee County draws water from 1 surface water intake.
- Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by Georgia, May 2003.
- Record on file since 2002, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 91 unknown out of 79,123 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.
None since October 2016, and no monitoring or reporting violations either.
Full record since 2002
EPA's records for Cherokee County go back to 2002. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 1 monitoring or reporting violation.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1 | 1 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute), began June 2002, Archived.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
|
Jun 1, 2002 | Archived |
Enforcement actions
Georgia regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Cherokee County in 2003. The most recent was a signed compliance agreement in May 2003.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2003 | Georgia | Signed compliance agreement | 1 violation (1 health-based): Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule |
Where the water comes from
Cherokee County draws water from 1 surface water intake. It also buys water from Cobb Co.-Marietta Water Auth. and Woodstock. It also has an emergency connection to Canton. 6 other community water systems buy water from Cherokee County. 3 other public water systems have emergency connections to Cherokee County.
Buys water from
- Cobb Co.-Marietta Water Auth. Marietta, GA
- Woodstock Woodstock, GA
Emergency or part-time connections to
- Canton Canton, GA
Community systems that buy water from it
- Bartow County Cartersville, GA
- Canton Canton, GA
- Etowah Dawsonville, GA
- Pickens County Water Auth. Jasper, GA
- Waleska Waleska, GA
- Woodstock Woodstock, GA
Annual water quality report
Cherokee County 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.
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