PFAS in Georgia tap water

43 of 256 tested systems measured above the federal limit. 81 had a detection of any kind.

Every public water system below was required by the EPA to test for 29 PFAS compounds. Sorted by the highest PFOA or PFOS reading, worst first. Find yours for the full set of readings and what removes them.

Water system	Highest PFOA	Highest PFOS	Found	Against the 4 ppt limit
Lafayette	31 ppt	56 ppt	8 of 29	Above
Augusta-richmond Co Ws	29.9 ppt	51 ppt	7 of 29	Above
Columbus	33.9 ppt	8.4 ppt	8 of 29	Above
Calhoun	29 ppt	29 ppt	8 of 29	Above
Walker County Water Authority	12 ppt	22 ppt	7 of 29	Above
Chattooga County	20 ppt	6.5 ppt	7 of 29	Above
Rome	17.3 ppt	10.9 ppt	7 of 29	Above
Chickamauga	10.6 ppt	15.4 ppt	6 of 29	Above
Chatsworth	15 ppt	12 ppt	8 of 29	Above
Griffin	9.7 ppt	14 ppt	9 of 29	Above
Floyd County	13.6 ppt	9.2 ppt	7 of 29	Above
Spalding County Water System	10 ppt	13 ppt	9 of 29	Above
Oak Street Subdivision	none detected	12.1 ppt	2 of 29	Above
Cochran	none detected	10.7 ppt	3 of 29	Above
East Point	9.3 ppt	6.4 ppt	7 of 29	Above
Clayton County Water Authority	8.4 ppt	8.5 ppt	9 of 29	Above
Dalton Utilities	8.4 ppt	8.4 ppt	6 of 29	Above
Harris County Water System	5.8 ppt	7.3 ppt	6 of 29	Above
Valdosta	6.1 ppt	7 ppt	5 of 29	Above
Gray	6.8 ppt	6.3 ppt	6 of 29	Above
Talbot County Water Works	5.8 ppt	6.8 ppt	6 of 29	Above
Woodstock, Ga	6.8 ppt	5.3 ppt	6 of 29	Above
Port Wentworth	6.4 ppt	6.7 ppt	4 of 29	Above
Senoia	6.7 ppt	4.5 ppt	8 of 29	Above
Effingham County Surface Water System	5.7 ppt	6.4 ppt	5 of 29	Above
Centerville, Ga	6.1 ppt	none detected	2 of 29	Above
Forsyth	none detected	6.1 ppt	2 of 29	Above
Fort Oglethorpe	4.5 ppt	6.1 ppt	5 of 29	Above
Butts County/jackson/jenkinsburg Ws	4.7 ppt	5.8 ppt	7 of 29	Above
Hampton	4.1 ppt	5.6 ppt	3 of 29	Above
Savannah-i & D	5.5 ppt	5.2 ppt	4 of 29	Above
Mcdonough	none detected	5.3 ppt	4 of 29	Above
South Monroe County Water System	4.4 ppt	5.1 ppt	5 of 29	Above
Pooler	5 ppt	4.6 ppt	3 of 29	Above
Braselton	4.2 ppt	4.6 ppt	3 of 29	Above
Barnesville, Ga	none detected	4.5 ppt	4 of 29	Above
Blairsville	none detected	4.5 ppt	2 of 29	Above
Fairburn	none detected	4.5 ppt	5 of 29	Above
Paulding County Water System	4.5 ppt	none detected	4 of 29	Above
Winder	4.5 ppt	4.3 ppt	5 of 29	Above
Fayetteville	none detected	4.4 ppt	6 of 29	Above
Hapeville	none detected	4.1 ppt	4 of 29	Above
Lagrange	4.1 ppt	none detected	5 of 29	Above
Albany	none detected	4 ppt	2 of 29	Within
West Point	4 ppt	none detected	4 of 29	Within
Abraham Baldwin Agri. College	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Adairsville	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Adel	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Alamo	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Alma	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Americus	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Arcadia Subdivision	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Ashburn	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Athens-clarke Co Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Atlanta	none detected	none detected	4 of 29	Within
Auburn, Ga	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Austell	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
Bainbridge	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Baldwin	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Baldwin County	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Ball Ground	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Banks Co - Mountain Creek	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Barrow County Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Bartow County	none detected	none detected	4 of 29	Within
Baxley	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Bay Meadows Estates	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Big Canoe Subdivision	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Blackshear	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Blakely	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Blue Ridge Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Bowdon	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Bremen	none detected	none detected	3 of 29	Within
Brooklyn Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Brunswick	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Buford	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Byron	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Cairo	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Camilla	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Canton, Ga	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Carroll County	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Carrollton, Ga	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Cartersville	none detected	none detected	2 of 29	Within
Catoosa Util. Dist. Authority	none detected	none detected	2 of 29	Within
Cave Spring	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Cedartown	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Cherokee County	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Clarkesville	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Claxton	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Clayton	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Cleveland Waterworks	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
Cobb County	none detected	none detected	3 of 29	Within
Columbia County	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
Commerce	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Coosa Water Authority	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Cordele	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Cornelia	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Covington	none detected	none detected	3 of 29	Within
Coweta Water & Sewer Auth.	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Cumming	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
Cuthbert	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Dade County Water Authority	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Dahlonega	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Dallas	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Dawson	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Dekalb County	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Demorest	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
Douglas	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Douglasville-douglas County Wsa	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Dublin	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
East Dublin	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Eastman	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Eatonton Putnam Water & Sewer Auth	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Elberton	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Ellijay-gilmer Co. Water Auth.	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
Etowah	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Fayette County	none detected	none detected	4 of 29	Within
Fernwood Mobile Home Park	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Fitzgerald	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
Folkston	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Forest Heights Subdivision	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Forsyth Co. Water & Sewer	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Fort Valley Utility Commission	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Franklin County Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Franklin Springs	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Gainesville	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Garden City	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Georgia Southern University	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Glen of Robin Hood	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Glennville Water System	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
Gwinnett Co. Dept. of Water Resources	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Hahira	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Haralson County Water Authority	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Hart Co. Water & Sewer Auth.	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
Hartwell	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Hawkinsville	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Hazlehurst Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Heard County Water Authority	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Henry County Water Authority, Ga	none detected	none detected	2 of 29	Within
Hephzibah	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Hiawassee	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Hinesville	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Hogansville	none detected	none detected	4 of 29	Within
Houston County-feagin Mill	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Hunter's Ridge	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Jackson County Water & Sewer Authority	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Jasper	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
Jefferson	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Jesup Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Jones County	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
Kingsland	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Lake Blackshear Area	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Larchmont Estates Subdivision	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Lavonia	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Lee County Utilities Authority	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Leesburg	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Lincoln County Water System	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
Little Neck Plantation	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Locust Grove	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Loganville	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Louisville	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Lowndes Co-south Lowndes	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Lowndes Co.-north Lowndes Co.ws	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Lyons	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Madison	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Mallard Pointe/drake Landing	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Manchester	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Marietta	none detected	none detected	2 of 29	Within
Marion County Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Mccaysville	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Mcrae Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Metter	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Milledgeville	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Millen	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Monroe, Ga	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
Montezuma	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Monticello	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Moultrie	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Nashville	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Newnan	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Newton Co. Water-sewerage Auth	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
North Fulton County	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Notla Water Authority	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Oconee County	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
Oglethorpe	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Palmetto	none detected	none detected	2 of 29	Within
Patterson	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Pelham	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Perry	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Pickens County Water Auth.	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Pinewoods Estates North	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Polk County Water Authority	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Quitman	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Rabun County Water & Sewer Authority	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Reynolds Plantation	none detected	none detected	2 of 29	Within
Richmond Hill	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Rincon	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Rockdale Co. Water System	none detected	none detected	2 of 29	Within
Rockmart	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Rogers State Prison	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Roswell	none detected	none detected	3 of 29	Within
Sandersville	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Sandhill Subdivision	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Satilla Regional Water & Sewer Auth-east	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Satilla Regional Water & Sewer Auth.	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Savannah Health Services Llc D/b/a Memo	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Savannah-georgetown/gateway	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Savannah-main	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Savannah-whitemarsh Island	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Savannah-wilmington Island	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Shady Shores Subdivision	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Smyrna	none detected	none detected	2 of 29	Within
Social Circle	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
South Atlantic Utilities-bryan County(s)	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Southern Nuclear-vogtle Units 3 & 4	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Sparta	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
St. Marys	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
St. Simons Island	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Statesboro	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Statham	none detected	none detected	4 of 29	Within
Stockbridge	none detected	none detected	2 of 29	Within
Swainsboro	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Sylvania	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Sylvester	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Tallapoosa	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Tattnall Co High School	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Temple	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
The Landings Subdivision	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Thomaston	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Thomasville	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Thomson-mcduffie Co W&s Comm	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
Tifton-tift County Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Tivoli Marsh Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Toccoa	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Towns County	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Ty Ty	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Tybee Island	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Unadilla	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Union City	none detected	none detected	3 of 29	Within
Upson County	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Usa-fort Stewart Main	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Usa-hunter Army Airfield - Main	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Usaf-moody Air Force Base-main	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Usaf-robins Ab Main	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Usmc-logistics	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Usn-kings Bay Submarine Base	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Vidalia	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Vienna, Ga	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Villa Rica	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Walthourville Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Walton Co. Water & Sewer Auth.	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
Warner Robins	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Washington	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Waycross	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Waynesboro	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
White Co Water & Sewerage Auth	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Wrightsville	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within

All 256 systems the EPA tested in Georgia, every one of them with its own page. Each was tested for 29 PFAS compounds.

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Source, the EPA’s fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule, final dataset published 2026-10-15. Original data →