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Griffin

Serves Griffin and Experiment, Spalding County, GA · 23,643 people served

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

  • GA2550000
  • GRIFFIN
  • GA
  • 23,643 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 30224
EPA system ID GA2550000

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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

  • Griffin draws water from 3 surface water intakes.
  • Record on file since 1985, with 8 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 8,507 unknown out of 10,589 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, 2025 Active
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2023 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, 2023 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, 2023 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2017 Resolved

Full record since 1985

EPA's records for Griffin go back to 1985. Before October 19, 2016 they list 8 health-based violations (2 resolved, 6 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 5 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 6 0
1990s 0 1
2000s 2 3
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 1
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 1
2020s 0 4

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Chlorite, began November 2006, Resolved.

Show all 8 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Chlorite
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 1.3 mg/L, federal limit 1 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 Nov 1, 2006 Resolved
Stage 1 Disinfection Byproducts Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Mar 12, 2006 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 1, 1987 Archived
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 1, 1987 Archived
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 1986 Archived
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 1985 Archived
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Apr 1, 1985 Archived
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Apr 1, 1985 Archived

Where the water comes from

Griffin draws water from 3 surface water intakes. It also has emergency connections to Clayton County Water Authority and Henry County Water Authority. 5 other community water systems buy water from Griffin. 3 other public water systems have emergency connections to Griffin.

Emergency or part-time connections to

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Griffin 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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Testing your own water

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