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Harris County Water System

Serves an area of Harris County, GA that includes Cataula and Piney Grove · 22,922 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 4 monitoring/reporting issues for Harris County Water System in the last ten years.

  • GA1450011
  • CATAULA
  • GA
  • 22,922 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 31804
EPA system ID GA1450011

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
4

Key facts

  • Harris County Water System draws water from 1 surface water intake.
  • Record on file since 1994, with 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 3,326 unknown out of 9,653 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
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2021 Resolved
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 1994

EPA's records for Harris County Water System go back to 1994. Before October 19, 2016 they list 2 health-based violations (2 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 9 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 1 3
2000s 1 6
2020s 0 1

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began August 2009, Archived.

Show all 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Aug 1, 2009 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Apr 1, 1994 Archived

Where the water comes from

Harris County Water System draws water from 1 surface water intake. It also buys water from Columbus and Talbot County Water Works. 2 other public water systems have emergency connections to Harris County Water System.

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Annual water quality report

Harris County Water System 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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