Is Berkeley Lake, GA tap water safe?
The short answer
Gwinnett Co. Dept. of Water Resources serves Berkeley Lake. In EPA’s records it has nothing above a health goal, and no health-based violation since 2016.
That data covers what its report lists, not everything.
Some homes in a town are on private wells or a small system of their own. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours.
Water testing near Berkeley Lake
The 3 labs Georgia certifies closest to Berkeley Lake, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Georgia Environmental Protection Division Laboratory
Norcross, GA · about 2 miles
Certified for bacteria, lead and copper, PFAS
Pace Analytical Services, Inc. - Atlanta
Norcross, GA · about 2 miles
Eurofins - Atlanta
Atlanta, GA · about 6 miles
Certified for bacteria, lead and copper
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 Berkeley Lake: 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 Berkeley Lake
Other towns in Gwinnett County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Gwinnett Co. Dept. of Water Resources’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Decide if you want a filter at allA filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.NSF/ANSI standards, decoded
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water