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Etowah

Serves an area of Dawson County, GA that includes Dawsonville · 23,922 people served

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

  • GA0850007
  • DAWSONVILLE
  • GA
  • 23,922 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 30534
EPA system ID GA0850007

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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

  • Etowah draws water from 1 surface water intake.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Georgia, October 2013.
  • Record on file since 1991, with 5 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 8,181 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 1991

EPA's records for Etowah go back to 1991. Before October 19, 2016 they list 5 health-based violations (5 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 4 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 3
2000s 1 0
2010 to October 18, 2016 4 1

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began September 2013, Archived.

Show all 5 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Sep 1, 2013 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 May 1, 2013 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Aug 1, 2012 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 2012 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Sep 1, 2000 Archived

Enforcement actions

Georgia regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Etowah in 2013, filed as 2 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in October 2013.

Date By Action Violations covered
Oct 11, 2013 Georgia Compliance order with a penalty 9 violations (7 health-based): Total Coliform

Where the water comes from

Etowah draws water from 1 surface water intake. It also buys water from Cherokee County. It also has an emergency connection to Forsyth Co. Water & Sewer. 1 other community water system buys water from Etowah. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Etowah.

Buys water from

Emergency or part-time connections to

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Etowah 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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