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1/31/2025
WT Staff
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January 31, 2025 1118 am EST
Defective transformer knocks out water service, Rochelle taps are running again, under BWA
Safe Drinking Water Advisories
Wilcox County: Rochelle is under a boil water order following a power outage yesterday afternoon.
A defective transformer at the well has been replaced by Georgia Power, an announcement from Rochelle Mayor confirms the water service fully restored a few hours after the outage. All connections impacted by the loss of pressure are under the mandatory BWA until further notice.
Contaminants can enter the water lines during power outages, water line breaks or any time the pressure falls below the minimum safe level 20 psi. Residents are advised to run the tap for several minutes following any outage, to clear stagnant water from the local connection lines. The next flow of water can be collected for boiling, ensure a rolling boil is maintained for at least one minute.
Rochelle provides potable water for a population of 1712 from a groundwater source in the upper Suwanee River watershed, part of the Gulf of Mexico drainage basin in southern Georgia. The Rochelle water treatment plant was last inspected Oct 2022, the reporting and monitoring records show minor deficiencies in data verification, finished water storage, source and treatment. Recommendations were made at the last complete sanitary survey inspection for management-operation and pumps. The US EPA notes non-compliance with the Consumer Confidence Rule for each of the last twelve quarters.
Hazardous Weather Outlook issued by NWS Peachtree City 655 am EST Fri Jan 31
Isolated strong storms are possible over parts of west central
Georgia this afternoon. A few storms could produce gusty winds.
Spotter activation is not requested however,
spotters are encouraged to submit reports of severe weather through the web, here.
Impacting Baldwin-Banks-Barrow-Bartow-Bibb-Bleckley-Butts-Carroll-Catoosa-
Chattahoochee-Chattooga-Cherokee-Clarke-Clayton-Cobb-Coweta-
Crawford-Crisp-Dade-Dawson-DeKalb-Dodge-Dooly-Douglas-Emanuel-
Fannin-Fayette-Floyd-Forsyth-Gilmer-Glascock-Gordon-Greene-
Gwinnett-Hall-Hancock-Haralson-Harris-Heard-Henry-Houston-Jackson-
Jasper-Jefferson-Johnson-Jones-Lamar-Laurens-Lumpkin-Macon-
Madison-Marion-Meriwether-Monroe-Montgomery-Morgan-Murray-
Muscogee-Newton-North Fulton-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Paulding-Peach-
Pickens-Pike-Polk-Pulaski-Putnam-Rockdale-Schley-South Fulton-
Spalding-Stewart-Sumter-Talbot-Taliaferro-Taylor-Telfair-Toombs-
Towns-Treutlen-Troup-Twiggs-Union-Upson-Walker-Walton-Warren-
Washington-Webster-Wheeler-White-Whitfield-Wilcox-Wilkes-
Wilkinson Counties
Safe Drinking Water Act Compliance
The WTGA.us Serious Violator List is out, showing 84% of Georgia drinking water facilities have a clean operational record with no current SDWA violations as of the last US EPA audited reporting quarter, ended September 30, 2024.
Kingsland is the largest facility added to the Serious Violator List in January, bringing another 22,448 Georgia residents into the group served by water treatment plants with significant issues. As of the latest EPA audited reporting quarter, Kingsland is cited for total trihalomethane (TTHM)in excess of the maximum contaminant level allowed. This contaminant is formed as a by-product of the disinfection process applied to the raw water. When chlorine compounds intended to sanitize the raw water of microbiological contaminants interact with organic material in the raw water, by-product chemicals are formed. This group of contaminants present potential health impacts, according to the US EPA including "liver, kidney or central nervous system problems; increased risk of cancer", when consumed in excess of the established maximum contaminant level in drinking water, over an extended period of time. While you may not see a drinking water advisory for these issues in your local water, and the general population is not advised to use bottled water, you can find the details disclosed in your local drinking water facility's Annual Drinking Water Quality Report.
Seven DWFs are congratulated 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.
See the WTGA.us Jan 2025 Serious Violator List, here.
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