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Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U violations in Georgia

101 active public water systems in Georgia had a Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U violation in the past three years, 11 of them in the latest quarter of EPA's data. What Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U is and why it matters.

Health effects: Alpha-emitting radionuclides accumulate in bone and soft tissue, delivering sustained internal radiation doses that increase lifetime cancer risk. There is no established safe threshold for ionizing radiation. Individual contributors such as radium-226 and polonium-210 have their own MCLs; gross alpha serves as a cost-effective screening tool that triggers more specific radionuclide analysis when exceeded.

Systems with a Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U violation

Latest quarter first, then largest first
SystemServesStatusRules violated, 3 yrUnresolved
Hazlehurst Water System
Hazlehurst · Jeff Davis County
5,778 3 0
Abraham Baldwin Agri. College
Tifton · Tift County
4,405 3 0
Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon · Montgomery County
3,243 2 0
Willacoochee Water System
Willacoochee · Atkinson County
1,723 1 0
Lexington
Lexington · Oglethorpe County
1,015 3 0
Oak Park
Emanuel County
281 1 0
Scotland
Scotland · Telfair County
270 4 0
Upton Junction Phase 11
Coffee County
192 5 2
Petross Subdivision
Vidalia · Toombs County
151 2 0
Newport Ridge (subdivision of Lot 9)
McIntosh County
77 1 0
Williams Mobile Home Park
Ailey · Montgomery County
62 3 0
Albany
Albany · Dougherty County
101,245 2 0
Griffin
Griffin · Spalding County
23,643 2 0
Thomson-McDuffie CO W&s Comm
Thomson · McDuffie County
21,312 4 0
Reynolds Plantation
Greene County
13,500 1 0
Jones County
Jones County
13,373 1 0
Cochran
Cochran · Bleckley County
8,114 2 1
Hephzibah
Hephzibah · Richmond County
6,941 6 0
Franklin County Water System
Franklin County
5,638 5 1
Blairsville
Blairsville · Union County
4,035 1 0
Oconee Crossing WS (res.& Comm.)
Putnam County
3,902 1 0
Walker Co. Rural Water Auth.
Walker County
3,410 1 0
Ellaville
Ellaville · Schley County
3,295 2 0
Chattahoochee County
Cusseta · Chattahoochee County
2,956 4 1
Warrenton
Warrenton · Warren County
2,800 6 1
Midway
Midway · Liberty County
2,595 4 2
Dudley
Dudley · Laurens County
1,994 4 0
Bay Meadows Estates
Coffee County
1,674 1 0
Buena Vista
Buena Vista · Marion County
1,517 5 1
Great Waters at Reynolds Plantation
Putnam County
1,350 2 0
Crawford
Crawford · Oglethorpe County
1,170 2 1
Doerun
Colquitt County
1,094 3 1
Ephesus
Franklin · Heard County
1,000 2 0
Portal Water System
Portal · Bulloch County
879 7 2
Foxbow Farms
Effingham County
723 1 0
Whitfield Park Subdivision
Savannah · Chatham County
676 1 0
Tradeport East
Liberty County
675 3 0
Savannah Pines Mobile Home Park
Pooler · Chatham County
632 4 1
Surfside Club Estates
Gainesville · Hall County
629 1 0
Crawfordville Water System
Crawfordville · Taliaferro County
621 2 0
South Oaks Mobile Home Park
Coweta County
471 3 0
Molena
Molena · Pike County
437 6 2
Cedar Cove / Hickory Point Subdivision
Putnam County
432 3 0
Sasser
Sasser · Terrell County
402 1 0
The Gates Subdivision
Coweta County
369 7 2
Lone Oak Water System
Lone Oak · Meriwether County
307 8 2
Sweetbriar Mobile Home Park
Coweta County
270 1 0
Sugar Bend-Lake Oconee S/d
Morgan County
259 3 0
Evans Trailer Park #2
Douglas · Coffee County
254 3 1
Denton
Denton · Jeff Davis County
253 3 1
About this data

A system is counted once if any of its violations in the past three years involved Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U, including monitoring and reporting lapses. Rules violated and status in the table are for the whole system, not Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U alone.

Source: the U.S. EPA's Enforcement and Compliance History Online system (ECHO), which publishes the federal Safe Drinking Water Information System. EPA's terms and values are shown as published. The Georgia records are from EPA's data refresh of Oct 7, 2026; EPA refreshes this data quarterly, and states report to EPA with a lag of three to six months, so the newest violations may not appear yet.