Water quality by county
in Georgia
EPA sampled public water systems across Georgia for PFAS under its UCMR 5 programme. Of the 159 counties, 33 have a reading above a federal limit and 31 have not been sampled at all — which is not a clean result, only an absence of one. Each county below shows what was found, at what concentration, and at which utility.
| county | Population | Worst result | Compound |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walker County | 69,340 | 14× | PFOS · 56 ng/L |
| Richmond County | 206,303 | 13× | PFOS · 51 ng/L |
| Muscogee County | 201,830 | 8.5× | PFOA · 33.9 ng/L |
| Gordon County | 60,765 | 7.3× | PFOA · 29 ng/L |
| Chattooga County | 25,306 | 5.0× | PFOA · 20 ng/L |
| Floyd County | 101,390 | 4.3× | PFOA · 17.3 ng/L |
| Murray County | 41,316 | 3.8× | PFOA · 15 ng/L |
| Spalding County | 70,292 | 3.5× | PFOS · 14 ng/L |
| Lowndes County | 122,082 | 3.0× | PFOS · 12.1 ng/L |
| Bleckley County | 12,626 | 2.7× | PFOS · 10.7 ng/L |
| Fulton County | 1,090,354 | 2.3× | PFOA · 9.3 ng/L |
| Clayton County | 297,703 | 2.1× | PFOS · 8.5 ng/L |
| Whitfield County | 105,070 | 2.1× | PFOA · 8.4 ng/L |
| Harris County | 36,929 | 1.8× | PFOS · 7.3 ng/L |
| Cherokee County | 293,513 | 1.7× | PFOA · 6.8 ng/L |
| Jones County | 29,047 | 1.7× | PFOA · 6.8 ng/L |
| Talbot County | 5,755 | 1.7× | PFOS · 6.8 ng/L |
| Chatham County | 307,336 | 1.7× | PFOS · 6.7 ng/L |
| Coweta County | 158,233 | 1.7× | PFOA · 6.7 ng/L |
| Effingham County | 73,148 | 1.6× | PFOS · 6.4 ng/L |
| Catoosa County | 68,940 | 1.5× | PFOS · 6.1 ng/L |
| Houston County | 174,897 | 1.5× | PFOA · 6.1 ng/L |
| Monroe County | 31,437 | 1.5× | PFOS · 6.1 ng/L |
| Butts County | 27,127 | 1.4× | PFOS · 5.8 ng/L |
| Henry County | 259,315 | 1.4× | PFOS · 5.6 ng/L |
| Jackson County | 93,825 | 1.1× | PFOS · 4.6 ng/L |
| Barrow County | 96,294 | 1.1× | PFOA · 4.5 ng/L |
| Lamar County | 20,690 | 1.1× | PFOS · 4.5 ng/L |
| Paulding County | 188,549 | 1.1× | PFOA · 4.5 ng/L |
| Union County | 27,601 | 1.1× | PFOS · 4.5 ng/L |
| Fayette County | 125,107 | 1.1× | PFOS · 4.4 ng/L |
| Troup County | 71,513 | 1.0× | PFOA · 4.1 ng/L |
| Dougherty County | 82,418 | 1.0× | PFOS · 4 ng/L |
| Appling County | 18,669 | under the limit | — |
| Atkinson County | 8,435 | not sampled | — |
| Bacon County | 11,045 | under the limit | — |
| Baker County | 2,732 | not sampled | — |
| Baldwin County | 43,644 | under the limit | — |
| Banks County | 20,318 | under the limit | — |
| Bartow County | 117,508 | under the limit | — |
| Ben Hill County | 16,945 | under the limit | — |
| Berrien County | 18,666 | under the limit | — |
| Bibb County | 157,056 | not sampled | — |
| Brantley County | 18,795 | not sampled | — |
| Brooks County | 16,344 | under the limit | — |
| Bryan County | 51,105 | under the limit | — |
| Bulloch County | 85,454 | under the limit | — |
| Burke County | 24,472 | under the limit | — |
| Calhoun County | 5,441 | not sampled | — |
| Camden County | 59,099 | under the limit | — |
| Candler County | 11,130 | under the limit | — |
| Carroll County | 129,911 | under the limit | — |
| Charlton County | 13,021 | under the limit | — |
| Chattahoochee County | 8,548 | not sampled | — |
| Clarke County | 129,995 | under the limit | — |
| Clay County | 2,815 | not sampled | — |
| Clinch County | 6,871 | not sampled | — |
| Cobb County | 787,538 | under the limit | — |
| Coffee County | 43,851 | under the limit | — |
| Colquitt County | 46,977 | under the limit | — |
| Columbia County | 167,472 | under the limit | — |
| Cook County | 17,984 | under the limit | — |
| Crawford County | 12,349 | not sampled | — |
| Crisp County | 19,468 | under the limit | — |
| Dade County | 16,068 | under the limit | — |
| Dawson County | 33,748 | under the limit | — |
| Decatur County | 29,391 | under the limit | — |
| DeKalb County | 770,307 | under the limit | — |
| Dodge County | 19,630 | under the limit | — |
| Dooly County | 11,186 | under the limit | — |
| Douglas County | 151,887 | under the limit | — |
| Early County | 10,444 | under the limit | — |
| Echols County | 3,698 | not sampled | — |
| Elbert County | 20,152 | under the limit | — |
| Emanuel County | 23,224 | under the limit | — |
| Evans County | 10,869 | under the limit | — |
| Fannin County | 25,854 | under the limit | — |
| Forsyth County | 280,096 | under the limit | — |
| Franklin County | 25,208 | under the limit | — |
| Gilmer County | 33,327 | under the limit | — |
| Glascock County | 3,008 | not sampled | — |
| Glynn County | 86,540 | under the limit | — |
| Grady County | 26,271 | under the limit | — |
| Greene County | 21,091 | under the limit | — |
| Gwinnett County | 1,003,869 | under the limit | — |
| Habersham County | 49,665 | under the limit | — |
| Hall County | 221,745 | under the limit | — |
| Hancock County | 8,683 | under the limit | — |
| Haralson County | 32,404 | under the limit | — |
| Hart County | 28,052 | under the limit | — |
| Heard County | 12,119 | under the limit | — |
| Irwin County | 9,155 | not sampled | — |
| Jasper County | 17,219 | under the limit | — |
| Jeff Davis County | 15,119 | under the limit | — |
| Jefferson County | 15,019 | under the limit | — |
| Jenkins County | 8,836 | under the limit | — |
| Johnson County | 9,178 | under the limit | — |
| Lanier County | 10,464 | not sampled | — |
| Laurens County | 50,287 | under the limit | — |
| Lee County | 34,073 | under the limit | — |
| Liberty County | 68,607 | under the limit | — |
| Lincoln County | 8,049 | under the limit | — |
| Long County | 20,439 | not sampled | — |
| Lumpkin County | 36,016 | under the limit | — |
| Macon County | 11,831 | under the limit | — |
| Madison County | 32,771 | not sampled | — |
| Marion County | 7,635 | under the limit | — |
| McDuffie County | 21,764 | under the limit | — |
| McIntosh County | 11,800 | not sampled | — |
| Meriwether County | 21,439 | under the limit | — |
| Miller County | 5,824 | not sampled | — |
| Mitchell County | 20,329 | under the limit | — |
| Montgomery County | 8,566 | not sampled | — |
| Morgan County | 21,940 | under the limit | — |
| Newton County | 124,010 | under the limit | — |
| Oconee County | 44,751 | under the limit | — |
| Oglethorpe County | 16,172 | not sampled | — |
| Peach County | 29,213 | under the limit | — |
| Pickens County | 36,580 | under the limit | — |
| Pierce County | 20,669 | under the limit | — |
| Pike County | 20,669 | not sampled | — |
| Polk County | 44,610 | under the limit | — |
| Pulaski County | 10,180 | under the limit | — |
| Putnam County | 23,383 | under the limit | — |
| Quitman County | 2,323 | not sampled | — |
| Rabun County | 17,711 | under the limit | — |
| Randolph County | 6,085 | under the limit | — |
| Rockdale County | 97,610 | under the limit | — |
| Schley County | 4,503 | not sampled | — |
| Screven County | 14,325 | under the limit | — |
| Seminole County | 9,274 | not sampled | — |
| Stephens County | 27,498 | under the limit | — |
| Stewart County | 4,809 | under the limit | — |
| Sumter County | 28,972 | under the limit | — |
| Taliaferro County | 1,620 | not sampled | — |
| Tattnall County | 24,275 | under the limit | — |
| Taylor County | 7,783 | not sampled | — |
| Telfair County | 11,000 | under the limit | — |
| Terrell County | 8,698 | under the limit | — |
| Thomas County | 46,054 | under the limit | — |
| Tift County | 41,708 | under the limit | — |
| Toombs County | 27,488 | under the limit | — |
| Towns County | 13,184 | under the limit | — |
| Treutlen County | 6,420 | not sampled | — |
| Turner County | 9,023 | under the limit | — |
| Twiggs County | 7,728 | not sampled | — |
| Upson County | 28,358 | under the limit | — |
| Walton County | 109,792 | under the limit | — |
| Ware County | 36,222 | under the limit | — |
| Warren County | 5,148 | not sampled | — |
| Washington County | 19,834 | under the limit | — |
| Wayne County | 32,132 | under the limit | — |
| Webster County | 2,315 | not sampled | — |
| Wheeler County | 7,076 | under the limit | — |
| White County | 29,668 | under the limit | — |
| Wilcox County | 8,904 | not sampled | — |
| Wilkes County | 9,567 | under the limit | — |
| Wilkinson County | 8,667 | not sampled | — |
| Worth County | 20,262 | under the limit | — |