Is Carl, GA tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 3 utilities serving Carl has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s records: Auburn.
Gwinnett Co. Dept. of Water Resources, 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 Carl’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Gwinnett Co. Dept. of Water Resources
Georgia · serves 975,000 people · about 210 in Carl
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Auburn
Georgia · serves 10,060 people · about 150 in Carl
2 results above the legal limit. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 94 ppb, above the legal limit.
7 health-based violations since 2016
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Winder
Georgia · serves 51,540 people · under 100 in Carl
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.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Carl
The 3 labs Georgia certifies closest to Carl, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Food and Dairy Research Associates
Commerce, GA · about 22 miles
Certified for bacteria
UGA Feed and Environmental Water
Athens, GA · about 23 miles
Certified for bacteria
Tyson Foods
Cumming, GA · about 23 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 Carl: 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 Carl
Other towns in Barrow 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