Public water system record
Gainesville
Serves an area of Hall County, GA that includes Gainesville, Oakwood, Flowery Branch and 1 more place · 140,000 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for Gainesville in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 1
Key facts
- Gainesville draws water from 2 surface water intakes.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Georgia, December 1997.
- Record on file since 1996, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 24,944 unknown out of 61,761 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation 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 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2024 | Resolved |
Full record since 1996
EPA's records for Gainesville go back to 1996. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 5 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 | 1 |
| 2000s | 0 | 4 |
| 2020s | 0 | 1 |
Enforcement actions
Georgia regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Gainesville in 1997. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in December 1997.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 1997 | Georgia | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
Where the water comes from
Gainesville draws water from 2 surface water intakes. It also has an emergency connection to Gwinnett Co. Dept. of Water Resources. 1 smaller public system such as schools, businesses or campgrounds buys water from Gainesville. 8 other public water systems have emergency connections to Gainesville.
Emergency or part-time connections to
- Gwinnett Co. Dept. of Water Resources Lawrenceville, GA
Annual water quality report
Gainesville 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.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells