Is Blairsville, GA tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 3 utilities serving Blairsville has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s records: Coosa Water Authority.
Notla Water Authority, which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.
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 Blairsville’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Notla Water Authority
Georgia · serves 16,518 people · under 100 in Blairsville
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Coosa Water Authority
Georgia · serves 4,407 people · under 100 in Blairsville
1 result above the legal limit and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Fluoride at 16.2 ppm, above the legal limit.
4 health-based violations since 2016
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Blairsville
Georgia · serves 4,035 people · under 100 in Blairsville
1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: PFOS at 4.5 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Blairsville
The 3 labs Georgia certifies closest to Blairsville, 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 19 miles
Certified for bacteria
Tyson Foods
Cumming, GA · about 46 miles
Certified for bacteria
Food and Dairy Research Associates
Commerce, GA · about 52 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 GeorgiaZIP codes in Blairsville
Which ZIP codes are in Blairsville: 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 Blairsville
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Notla Water Authority’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