PFAS in Georgia drinking water
EPA's final UCMR 5 data covers 256 public water systems in Georgia, serving about 9.8 million people. PFAS turned up in 81 of them (32%). 29 averaged above at least one EPA limit at a sampling point, affecting about 1.4 million people.
Highest PFOA and PFOS averages among systems serving 1,000 or more: Augusta-richmond CO Ws (26.6 / 43.6 ppt), Lafayette (16.6 / 28.5 ppt), Calhoun (13.5 / 14.8 ppt), Chattooga County (18.1 / 6.5 ppt) and Columbus (17.1 / 5.9 ppt).
Every tested system in Georgia
Largest first. PFOA and PFOS columns show the average at each system's worst sampling point; EPA's limit for each is 4 ppt. Filter by name:
| Water system | People | PFOA | PFOS | PFAS found | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta · Atlanta | 1,089,893 | - | - | 4 | Below limits |
| Gwinnett CO. Dept. of Water Resources · Lawrenceville | 975,000 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Dekalb County · Decatur | 743,000 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Cobb County · Marietta | 695,000 | - | - | 3 | Below limits |
| North Fulton County · Alpharetta | 434,517 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Clayton County Water Authority · Morrow | 298,374 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 9 | Above limit |
| Columbus · Columbus | 229,000 | 17.1 | 5.9 | 8 | Above limit |
| Cherokee County · Canton | 224,427 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Augusta-richmond CO Ws · Augusta | 204,000 | 26.6 | 43.6 | 7 | Above limit |
| Henry County Water Authority · Jackson | 187,437 | - | - | 2 | Below limits |
| Savannah-main · Port Wentworth | 168,958 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Forsyth CO. Water & Sewer · Cumming | 161,200 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Gainesville · City of Gainesville | 140,000 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Douglasville-douglas County Wsa · Douglasville | 127,084 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Athens-clarke CO Water System · Athens | 125,000 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Columbia County · Grovetown | 124,763 | - | - | 1 | Below limits |
| Paulding County Water System · Dallas | 117,468 | 3.4 | - | 4 | Sample at limit |
| Albany · Albany | 101,245 | - | 4.0 | 2 | Above limit |
| Dalton Utilities · Dalton | 99,315 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 6 | Above limit |
| Houston County-feagin Mill · Warner Robins | 92,971 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Coweta Water & Sewer Auth. · Newnan | 92,907 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Rockdale CO. Water System · Conyers | 87,156 | - | - | 2 | Below limits |
| Fayette County · Fayetteville | 86,934 | - | - | 4 | Below limits |
| Warner Robins · Warner Robins | 83,705 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Newton CO. Water-sewerage Auth · Covington | 74,364 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Bartow County · Cartersville | 70,243 | - | - | 4 | Below limits |
| Marietta · Marietta | 60,100 | - | - | 2 | Below limits |
| Cumming · Cumming | 58,661 | - | - | 1 | Below limits |
| Catoosa Util. Dist. Authority · Ringgold | 56,670 | - | - | 2 | Below limits |
| Calhoun · Calhoun | 53,090 | 13.5 | 14.8 | 8 | Above limit |
| Carroll County · Carrollton | 51,592 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Winder · Winder | 51,540 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 5 | Sample at limit |
| Valdosta · Valdosta | 48,959 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 5 | Sample at limit |
| Newnan · Newnan | 48,451 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Floyd County · Rome | 46,143 | 9.6 | 8.0 | 7 | Above limit |
| Rome · Rome | 45,586 | 5.4 | 2.7 | 7 | Above limit |
| Walton CO. Water & Sewer Auth. · Loganville | 45,230 | - | - | 1 | Below limits |
| Brunswick · Brunswick | 44,739 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Lagrange · Lagrange | 41,852 | 2.0 | - | 5 | Sample at limit |
| Smyrna · Smyrna | 40,508 | - | - | 2 | Below limits |
| Spalding County Water System · Griffin | 40,430 | 5.3 | 7.6 | 9 | Above limit |
| Statesboro · Statesboro | 36,846 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Walker County Water Authority · Flintstone | 36,000 | 7.1 | 10.9 | 7 | Above limit |
| Perry · Perry | 35,493 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| East Point · East Point | 33,712 | 3.6 | 1.6 | 7 | Sample at limit |
| Jackson County Water & Sewer Authority · Jefferson | 33,601 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Thomasville · Thomasville | 32,613 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Hinesville · Hinesville | 32,471 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Oconee County · Watkinsville | 31,323 | - | - | 1 | Below limits |
| Butts County/jackson/jenkinsburg Ws · Jackson | 31,171 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 7 | Sample at limit |
| St. Simons Island · Brunswick | 29,249 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Toccoa · Toccoa | 28,711 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Pooler · Pooler | 28,423 | 3.5 | 1.1 | 3 | Sample at limit |
| Chatsworth · Chatsworth | 28,262 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 8 | Above limit |
| Tifton-tift County Water System · Tifton | 27,589 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Usa-fort Stewart Main · Fort Stewart | 27,573 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Monroe · Monroe | 25,248 | - | - | 1 | Below limits |
| Kingsland · Kingsland | 25,245 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Carrollton · Carrollton | 25,200 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Cartersville · Cartersville | 24,830 | - | - | 2 | Below limits |
| Etowah · Dawsonville | 23,922 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Polk County Water Authority · Cedartown | 23,792 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Griffin · Griffin | 23,643 | 7.1 | 9.9 | 9 | Above limit |
| Baldwin County · Milledgeville | 23,067 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Harris County Water System · Cataula | 22,922 | 5.2 | 6.4 | 6 | Above limit |
| Usaf-robins Ab Main · Robins Afb | 22,000 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Thomson-mcduffie CO W&s Comm · Thomson | 21,312 | - | - | 1 | Below limits |
| Milledgeville · Milledgeville | 20,540 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Braselton · Braselton | 20,469 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 3 | Sample at limit |
| Georgia Southern University · Savannah | 20,357 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Lee County Utilities Authority · Leesburg | 20,194 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Woodstock · Woodstock | 19,742 | 5.8 | 2.6 | 6 | Above limit |
| St. Marys · St. Marys | 19,408 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Union City · Union City | 18,636 | - | - | 3 | Below limits |
| Lafayette · Lafayette | 18,177 | 16.6 | 28.5 | 8 | Above limit |
| Demorest · Demorest | 18,049 | - | - | 1 | Below limits |
| Barrow County Water System · Winder | 17,893 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Moultrie · Moultrie | 17,067 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Rincon · Rincon | 16,654 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Notla Water Authority · Blairsville | 16,518 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Canton · Canton | 16,375 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| South Monroe County Water System · Forsyth | 16,292 | 0.6 | 3.4 | 5 | Sample at limit |
| Dade County Water Authority · Trenton | 16,285 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Fort Valley Utility Commission · Fort Valley | 16,257 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Mcdonough · Mcdonough | 16,187 | - | 5.0 | 4 | Above limit |
| Richmond Hill · Richmond Hill | 16,068 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Waycross · Waycross | 15,987 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Villa Rica · Villa Rica | 15,667 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Dublin · Dublin | 15,392 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Fitzgerald · Fitzgerald | 15,382 | - | - | 1 | Below limits |
| Fayetteville · Fayetteville | 15,281 | - | 1.5 | 6 | Sample at limit |
| Bainbridge · Bainbridge | 15,125 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Americus · Americus | 15,082 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Centerville · Centerville | 14,701 | 5.6 | - | 2 | Above limit |
| Savannah-georgetown/gateway · Port Wentworth | 14,589 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Vidalia · Vidalia | 14,496 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Jasper · Jasper | 14,435 | - | - | 1 | Below limits |
| Covington · Covington | 14,391 | - | - | 3 | Below limits |
| Roswell · Roswell | 14,300 | - | - | 3 | Below limits |
| Fairburn · Fairburn | 14,000 | - | 1.5 | 5 | Sample at limit |
| Douglas · Douglas | 13,684 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Savannah-wilmington Island · Port Wentworth | 13,526 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Reynolds Plantation · Eatonton | 13,500 | - | - | 2 | Below limits |
| Jones County · Gray | 13,373 | - | - | 1 | Below limits |
| Lowndes Co.-north Lowndes Co.ws · Valdosta | 13,190 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Ellijay-gilmer CO. Water Auth. · Ellijay | 13,010 | - | - | 1 | Below limits |
| Eatonton Putnam Water & Sewer Auth · Eatonton | 12,736 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Jefferson · Jefferson | 12,690 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Thomaston · Thomaston | 12,482 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Loganville · Loganville | 12,319 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Effingham County Surface Water System · Springfield | 12,293 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 5 | Above limit |
| Haralson County Water Authority · Buchanan | 12,220 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Cordele · Cordele | 11,880 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Larchmont Estates Subdivision · Savannah | 11,799 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Towns County · Young Harris | 11,791 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Commerce · Commerce | 11,340 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| The Landings Subdivision · Savannah | 11,058 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Port Wentworth · Port Wentworth | 11,000 | 5.6 | 6.5 | 4 | Above limit |
| Locust Grove · Locust Grove | 10,812 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Barnesville · Barnesville | 10,725 | - | 1.1 | 4 | Sample at limit |
| Satilla Regional Water & Sewer Auth. · Waycross | 10,657 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Savannah-i & D · Port Wentworth | 10,500 | 5.1 | 3.6 | 4 | Above limit |
| Rabun County Water & Sewer Authority · Clayton | 10,276 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Auburn · Auburn | 10,060 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Jesup Water System · Jesup | 10,055 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Cedartown · Cedartown | 9,955 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Usn-kings Bay Submarine Base · Kings Bay | 9,730 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Byron · Byron | 9,653 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Cairo · Cairo | 9,637 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Swainsboro · Swainsboro | 9,536 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Adairsville · Adairsville | 9,526 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Gray · Gray | 9,339 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 6 | Above limit |
| Chattooga County · Trion | 9,190 | 18.1 | 6.5 | 7 | Above limit |
| Garden City · Garden City | 9,000 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Eastman · Eastman | 8,844 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Forsyth · Forsyth | 8,585 | - | 2.7 | 2 | Sample at limit |
| Buford · Buford | 8,482 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Fort Oglethorpe · Fort Oglethorpe | 8,313 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 5 | Sample at limit |
| Lowndes Co-south Lowndes · Valdosta | 8,303 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Lavonia · Lavonia | 8,190 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Heard County Water Authority · Franklin | 8,172 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Hartwell · Hartwell | 8,129 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Cochran · Cochran | 8,114 | - | 10.2 | 3 | Above limit |
| Tybee Island · Tybee Island | 8,047 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Mcrae Water System · Mcrae Helena | 7,857 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Elberton · Elberton | 7,800 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Sandersville · Sandersville | 7,776 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Austell · Austell | 7,774 | - | - | 1 | Below limits |
| Senoia · Senoia | 7,528 | 4.5 | 2.1 | 8 | Above limit |
| Usa-hunter Army Airfield - Main · Fort Stewart | 7,500 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Dahlonega · Dahlonega | 7,500 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Hawkinsville · Hawkinsville | 7,491 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Hampton · Hampton | 7,305 | 2.1 | 5.1 | 3 | Above limit |
| Stockbridge · Stockbridge | 7,195 | - | - | 2 | Below limits |
| Pickens County Water Auth. · Jasper | 7,153 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Sylvester · Sylvester | 7,076 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Mccaysville · Mccaysville | 7,020 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Hephzibah · Hephzibah | 6,941 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Millen · Millen | 6,569 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Washington · Washington | 6,490 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Banks CO - Mountain Creek · Homer | 6,453 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Camilla · Camilla | 6,428 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Madison · Madison | 6,427 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Big Canoe Subdivision · Savannah | 6,396 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| White CO Water & Sewerage Auth · Cleveland | 6,380 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Bremen · Bremen | 6,200 | - | - | 3 | Below limits |
| Bowdon · Bowdon | 6,180 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Cornelia · Cornelia | 6,130 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Blue Ridge Water System · Blue Ridge | 6,112 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Lincoln County Water System · Lincolnton | 5,979 | - | - | 1 | Below limits |
| Adel · Adel | 5,970 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Waynesboro · Waynesboro | 5,900 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Marion County Water System · Buena Vista | 5,875 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| West Point · West Point | 5,800 | 1.0 | - | 4 | Sample at limit |
| Hapeville · Hapeville | 5,790 | - | 1.0 | 4 | Sample at limit |
| Clarkesville · Clarkesville | 5,785 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Hazlehurst Water System · Hazlehurst | 5,778 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Baxley · Baxley | 5,749 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Chickamauga · Chickamauga | 5,720 | 8.8 | 12.3 | 6 | Above limit |
| Blakely · Blakely | 5,716 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Temple · Temple | 5,708 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Franklin County Water System · Carnesville | 5,638 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Hart CO. Water & Sewer Auth. · Hartwell | 5,637 | - | - | 1 | Below limits |
| Quitman · Quitman | 5,612 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Statham · Statham | 5,597 | - | - | 4 | Below limits |
| Cleveland Waterworks · Cleveland | 5,587 | - | - | 1 | Below limits |
| Hiawassee · Hiawassee | 5,496 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Social Circle · Social Circle | 5,470 | - | - | 1 | Below limits |
| Manchester · Manchester | 5,397 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Folkston · Folkston | 5,390 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Usaf-moody Air Force Base-main · Moody Afb | 5,325 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Upson County · Thomaston | 5,243 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Louisville · Louisville | 5,242 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Ashburn · Ashburn | 5,176 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Glennville Water System · Glennville | 5,173 | - | - | 1 | Below limits |
| Glen of Robin Hood · Savannah | 5,000 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Sylvania · Sylvania | 4,910 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Dawson · Dawson | 4,857 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Savannah Health Services LLC D/b/a Memo · Savannah | 4,800 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Metter · Metter | 4,776 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Dallas · Dallas | 4,770 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Palmetto · Palmetto | 4,718 | - | - | 2 | Below limits |
| Tallapoosa · Tallapoosa | 4,680 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Nashville · Nashville | 4,631 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| East Dublin · East Dublin | 4,536 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Lyons · Lyons | 4,458 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Blackshear · Blackshear | 4,455 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Coosa Water Authority · Blairsville | 4,407 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Abraham Baldwin Agri. College · Tifton | 4,405 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Hogansville · Hogansville | 4,295 | - | - | 4 | Below limits |
| Cave Spring · Cave Spring | 4,248 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Savannah-whitemarsh Island · Savannah | 4,247 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Rockmart · Rockmart | 4,199 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Baldwin · Baldwin | 4,160 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Oglethorpe · Oglethorpe | 4,129 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Alma · Alma | 4,096 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Montezuma · Montezuma | 4,040 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Blairsville · Blairsville | 4,035 | - | 4.3 | 2 | Above limit |
| Talbot County Water Works · Talbotton | 4,028 | 3.6 | 5.8 | 6 | Above limit |
| Lake Blackshear Area · Cordele | 4,018 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Pelham · Pelham | 4,007 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Alamo · Alamo | 3,980 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Walthourville Water System · Walthourville | 3,858 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Claxton · Claxton | 3,840 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Unadilla · Unadilla | 3,806 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Wrightsville · Wrightsville | 3,749 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Satilla Regional Water & Sewer Auth-east · Waycross | 3,654 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Leesburg · Leesburg | 3,629 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Hahira · Hahira | 3,572 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| South Atlantic Utilities-bryan County(s) · Savannah | 3,553 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Usmc-logistics · Albany | 3,350 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Monticello · Monticello | 3,329 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Vienna · Vienna | 3,018 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Sparta · Sparta | 2,903 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Cuthbert · Cuthbert | 2,835 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Ball Ground · Ball Ground | 2,470 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Brooklyn Water System · Lumpkin | 2,462 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Bay Meadows Estates · Savannah | 1,674 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Shady Shores Subdivision · Cumming | 1,632 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Rogers State Prison · Reidsville | 1,588 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Tattnall CO High School · Reidsville | 1,100 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Ty Ty · Ty Ty | 929 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Patterson · Patterson | 905 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Southern Nuclear-vogtle Units 3 & 4 · Birmingham | 850 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Forest Heights Subdivision · Statesboro | 835 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Oak Street Subdivision · Savannah | 829 | - | 9.2 | 2 | Above limit |
| Franklin Springs · Franklin Springs | 702 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Hunter's Ridge · Savannah | 664 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Pinewoods Estates North · Athens | 581 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Fernwood Mobile Home Park · Orlando | 199 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Tivoli Marsh Water System · Richmond Hill | 146 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Little Neck Plantation · Savannah | 111 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Mallard Pointe/drake Landing · Savannah | 81 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Arcadia Subdivision · Newington | 81 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Sandhill Subdivision · Townsend | 41 | - | - | 0 | None found |
| Clayton | - | - | 0 | None found |
On a private well in Georgia?
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Cite this page
Well & Tap. "PFAS in Georgia drinking water: results for 256 systems." Data: U.S. EPA UCMR 5, final release August 2026. https://wellandtap.com/pfas/georgia/
Source: EPA UCMR 5 final occurrence data (August 2026); population from EPA SDWIS. Method.