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Alto

Serves Alto and Raoul, Habersham County and Banks County, GA · 2,737 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 9 monitoring/reporting issues for Alto in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.

  • GA1370000
  • ALTO
  • GA
  • 2,737 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 30510
EPA system ID GA1370000

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
9

Key facts

  • Alto draws water from 8 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Georgia, April 2016.
  • Record on file since 1993, with 13 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 1,169 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
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Apr 1, 2025 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Apr 7, 2023 Active
Public Notice
OTHER
 Apr 7, 2023 Active
Public Notice
OTHER
 Apr 7, 2023 Active
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Oct 1, 2022 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2022 Resolved
Nitrate-Nitrite
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2021 Resolved
Nitrate-Nitrite
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2021 Resolved
Nitrate-Nitrite
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2021 Resolved

Full record since 1993

EPA's records for Alto go back to 1993. Before October 19, 2016 they list 13 health-based violations (9 resolved, 4 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 7 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 2 1
2000s 2 5
2010 to October 18, 2016 9 1
2020s 0 9

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Combined Uranium, began July 2015, Resolved.

Show all 13 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Combined Uranium
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 101 µg/L, federal limit 30 µg/L (3.4 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2015 Resolved
Combined Uranium
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 100 µg/L, federal limit 30 µg/L (3.3 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2015 Resolved
Combined Uranium
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 100 µg/L, federal limit 30 µg/L (3.3 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2015 Resolved
Combined Uranium
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 99 µg/L, federal limit 30 µg/L (3.3 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2014 Resolved
Combined Uranium
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 87 µg/L, federal limit 30 µg/L (2.9 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2014 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jun 1, 2014 Archived
Combined Uranium
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 93 µg/L, federal limit 30 µg/L (3.1 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2014 Resolved
Combined Uranium
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 98 µg/L, federal limit 30 µg/L (3.3 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2014 Resolved
Combined Uranium
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 98 µg/L, federal limit 30 µg/L (3.3 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2013 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 2007 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Nov 1, 2002 Archived
Benzene
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 1, 1994 Archived
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 1, 1993 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Georgia regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Alto between 2006 and 2016. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in April 2016.

Date By Action Violations covered
Apr 27, 2016 Georgia Compliance order with a penalty 8 violations (8 health-based): Combined Uranium
Jul 13, 2006 Georgia Compliance order with a penalty 2 violations: Total Coliform

Where the water comes from

Alto draws water from 8 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use). It also has emergency connections to Demorest and Banks Co - Mountain Creek. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Alto.

Emergency or part-time connections to

Annual water quality report

Alto 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

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