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1/30/2025
WT Staff
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January 30, 2025 313 pm EST
More Georgia residents are served by Serious Violators, the second quarterly increase in a row
Kingsland pops up on the Serious Violator list adding 22,448 to the total number of Georgia residents served by drinking water facilities with significant SDWA violations. As of the latest EPA audited reporting quarter, Kingsland is cited for total trihalomethane in excess of the maximum contaminant level allowed. This contaminant is a by-product of the disinfection process applied to the raw water, in the case of Kingsland, that raw water source is a groundwater well.
Seven DWFs are to be commended for resolving serious violations since the last quarterly evaluation. Municipal DWFs including Arlington in Calhoun County, Lone Oak Water System in Meriwether County, Mayfield Water System of Hancock County and Maysville Water System of Banks County were Serious Violators listed in October 2024. These facilities no longer have significant violations. Smaller developments that have improved their performance record include Natures Court Yard Subdivision in Fannin Count and Williams Mobile Home Park in Montgomery, on the hit list for just one quarter, along with a longer tenant of the List, Auburn Mobile Home Park in Barrow are back in the clear.
Georgia's drinking water facilities in full compliance with the SDWA is 84%.
See the new WTGA Serious Violator List, here.
Safe Drinking Water Advisories
Cobb County: Marietta Board of Lights and Water issued a BWA Tuesday for some water customers on Caro Lane following emergency repairs to the water line. Marietta Water distributes potable water to 60,100 customers from surface water treated and supplied by Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority (CCMWA). Raw water from the Chattahoochee River is piped in to the James E. Quarles Treatment Facility, from there the potable water is distributed to east Cobb County, including Marietta. The Hugh A. Wyckoff Treatment Facility is supplied with raw water from Lake Allatoona, the treated water is distributed to customers north and west in Cobb County, also to parts of Marietta. Both Marietta Board of Lights and Water and the Cobb County treatment plants have exemplary records with the US EPA for Safe Drinking Water Act Compliance, as of the last data refresh, January 11, 2025.
See the prior quarterly report, how Georgia's drinking water facilities stack up against those in Ohio, New York, Louisiana and California, here.
Streamflow Situation from the network of USGS monitoring sites in Georgia
NWS Peachtree City beat the expected daytime high of 70, currently sunny and 72 degrees. NWS Charleston SC local forecast office reports fair conditions, 69 degrees at the Hunter US Army Airfield, a bit warmer than expected today.
Streamflows remain below normal statewide, the drought map covers north and central Georgia in both sides of the divide. Tennessee River watershed area of northwest GA remains in moderate drought. Nearby Coosa River watershed remains the only area of north and central GA with no drought issues. In the Atlantic Ocean drainage basin, the Upper Savannah River watershed remains in moderate drought from Banks and Franklin Counties down to central Elbert County. In the south, the lower Chattachoochee and lower Flint River watersheds remain below normal.
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