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Quitman Water & Sewer Auth.

Serves Georgetown-Quitman County, Quitman County, GA · 1,040 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 5 monitoring/reporting issues for Quitman Water & Sewer Auth. in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.

  • GA2390008
  • GEORGETOWN
  • GA
  • 1,040 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 39854
EPA system ID GA2390008

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
5

Key facts

  • Quitman Water & Sewer Auth. draws water from 1 well.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Georgia, June 2005.
  • Record on file since 2002, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 462 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
 Oct 1, 2023 Active
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2023 Active
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2021 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2018 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2018 Resolved

Full record since 2002

EPA's records for Quitman Water & Sewer Auth. go back to 2002. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 9 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
2000s 0 8
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 1
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 2
2020s 0 3

Enforcement actions

Georgia regulators took 4 formal enforcement actions against Quitman Water & Sewer Auth. between 2003 and 2005. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in June 2005.

Date By Action Violations covered
Jun 8, 2005 Georgia Compliance order (no penalty) 3 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Nitrate
Apr 15, 2004 Georgia Compliance order (no penalty) 3 violations: Nitrate, Lead and Copper Rule
Nov 6, 2003 Georgia Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule
Nov 4, 2003 Georgia Administrative penalty 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule

Where the water comes from

Quitman Water & Sewer Auth. draws water from 1 well. It also has an emergency connection to Georgetown. 2 other public water systems have emergency connections to Quitman Water & Sewer Auth.

Emergency or part-time connections to

Annual water quality report

Quitman Water & Sewer Auth. 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

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