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Is Bethlehem, GA tap water safe?

3 utilities serve Bethlehem, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

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The short answer

1 of the 3 utilities serving Bethlehem has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s records: Barrow County Water System.

Winder, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: PFOA at 4.5 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.

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 Bethlehem’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Winder’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Bethlehem

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab Georgia certifies.

The 3 labs Georgia certifies closest to Bethlehem, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • UGA Feed and Environmental Water

    Athens, GA · about 20 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (706) 542-5350

  • Food and Dairy Research Associates

    Commerce, GA · about 23 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (706) 335-9703

  • Tyson Foods

    Cumming, GA · about 27 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (770) 887-6011

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 Georgia

ZIP codes in Bethlehem

Which ZIP codes are in Bethlehem: 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 Bethlehem

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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