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Mount Airy

Serves Mount Airy, Habersham County, GA · 1,384 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 3 monitoring/reporting issues for Mount Airy in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.

  • GA1370005
  • MT. AIRY
  • GA
  • 1,384 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 30563
EPA system ID GA1370005

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

Key facts

  • Mount Airy draws water from 5 wells.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: administrative penalty by Georgia, March 2005.
  • Record on file since 1993, with 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 634 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
Public Notice
OTHER
 Jan 7, 2023 Active
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Nov 1, 2021 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2021 Active

Full record since 1993

EPA's records for Mount Airy go back to 1993. Before October 19, 2016 they list 3 health-based violations (3 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 20 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 5
2000s 1 14
2010 to October 18, 2016 2 1
2020s 0 3

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began November 2012, Archived.

Show all 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Nov 1, 2012 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Dec 1, 2011 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 2000 Archived

Enforcement actions

Georgia regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Mount Airy in 2005. The most recent was an administrative penalty in March 2005.

Date By Action Violations covered
Mar 7, 2005 Georgia Administrative penalty 2 violations: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Mar 7, 2005 Georgia Compliance order with a penalty 2 violations: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

Where the water comes from

Mount Airy draws water from 5 wells. It also has emergency connections to Cornelia and Demorest.

Emergency or part-time connections to

Annual water quality report

Mount Airy 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.

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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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