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Grovetown

Serves an area of Columbia County, GA that includes Grovetown and Harlem · 18,464 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 4 monitoring/reporting issues for Grovetown in the last ten years.

  • GA0730001
  • GROVETOWN
  • GA
  • 18,464 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 30813
EPA system ID GA0730001

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
4

Key facts

  • Grovetown buys its water from Columbia County.
  • Record on file since 2001, with 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 1,825 unknown out of 7,319 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.

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Public Notice
OTHER
 Oct 31, 2021 Resolved
E. coli
Monitoring and reporting
 Sep 29, 2020 Resolved

Full record since 2001

EPA's records for Grovetown go back to 2001. Before October 19, 2016 they list 4 health-based violations (4 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 17 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
2000s 2 8
2010 to October 18, 2016 2 9
2020s 0 4

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

Show all 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 2010 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 2010 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 May 1, 2009 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Aug 1, 2005 Archived

Where the water comes from

Grovetown buys its water from Columbia County. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

Grovetown 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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Testing your own water

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