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Fayette County

Serves Peachtree City, Tyrone and Woolsey, Fayette County, GA · 86,934 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 3 monitoring/reporting issues for Fayette County in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) violation.

  • GA1130001
  • FAYETTEVILLE
  • GA
  • 86,934 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 30214
EPA system ID GA1130001

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
3

Key facts

  • Fayette County draws water from 5 surface water intakes (2 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), 0.063 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit), 2016.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Georgia, March 2014.
  • Record on file since 1996, with 12 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 32,899 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.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.063 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Oct 1, 2016 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2008 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Combined Uranium
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2008 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2008 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.

Full record since 1996

EPA's records for Fayette County go back to 1996. Before October 19, 2016 they list 12 health-based violations (12 resolved) and 13 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 3
2000s 2 7
2010 to October 18, 2016 10 3

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), began October 2016, Resolved.

Show all 12 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.063 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2016 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.064 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2016 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.062 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Apr 1, 2016 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.082 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Jul 1, 2014 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.1 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2014 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 1, 2014 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 2013 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.082 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Jul 1, 2013 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.087 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2013 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.102 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2013 Resolved
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
 Oct 1, 2008 Resolved
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
 Jul 1, 2008 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Georgia regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Fayette County in 2014. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in March 2014.

Date By Action Violations covered
Mar 13, 2014 Georgia Compliance order with a penalty 7 violations (7 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

What the violations mean

Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

1 incident

Haloacetic acid byproducts exceeded the federal limit

Long-term exposure to HAAs may increase cancer risk

Where the water comes from

Fayette County draws water from 5 surface water intakes (2 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use). It also buys water from Atlanta and Fayetteville. It also has an emergency connection to Clayton County Water Authority. 2 other community water systems buy water from Fayette County.

Buys water from

Emergency or part-time connections to

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Fayette 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.

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