Is Baldwin, GA tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 4 utilities serving Baldwin has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s records: Baldwin.
Baldwin, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the legal limit. The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5) at 63 ppb, above the legal limit.
A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Baldwin’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Baldwin
Georgia · serves 4,160 people · about 180 in Baldwin
1 result above the legal limit. The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5) at 63 ppb, above the legal limit.
2 health-based violations since 2016
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Cornelia
Georgia · serves 6,130 people · about 170 in Baldwin
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.1 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Banks Co - Mountain Creek
Georgia · serves 6,453 people · under 100 in Baldwin
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.4 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Demorest
Georgia · serves 18,049 people · under 100 in Baldwin
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.0 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Baldwin
The 3 labs Georgia certifies closest to Baldwin, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
American Water Services
Cleveland, GA · about 17 miles
Certified for bacteria
Food and Dairy Research Associates
Commerce, GA · about 18 miles
Certified for bacteria
Tyson Foods
Cumming, GA · about 36 miles
Certified for bacteria
University of Georgia Agricultural and Environmental Services Laboratories: Well water tests for minerals, nitrate, lead and bacteria, sent in through your county Extension office, which supplies bottles and helps with sampling and fees. The lab lists $20 for its basic water test, $12 for nitrate, $40 for coliform bacteria, and $90 for the home loan set of lead, nitrate, nitrite and bacteria. Water Analyses, UGA Agricultural and Environmental Services Laboratories.
All 43 certified labs for GeorgiaWhich ZIP codes are in Baldwin: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: Georgia EPD, laboratories certified by Georgia for chemical, microbiological, PFAS, and lead and copper monitoring; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.
Near Baldwin
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Baldwin’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About Haloacetic acids (HAA5)What it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water