Is Carrollton, GA tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 3 utilities serving Carrollton has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s records.
City of Zachary Water System, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 18.9 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. A health benchmark is a level EPA screens with, not a 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 Carrollton’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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City of Zachary Water System
Louisiana · serves 31,569 people · about 3,800 in Carrollton
1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 18.9 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Carrollton
Georgia · serves 25,200 people · about 3,300 in Carrollton
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 12.3 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Carroll County
Georgia · serves 51,592 people · under 100 in Carrollton
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 7.0 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Carrollton
The 3 labs Georgia certifies closest to Carrollton, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Waypoint Analytical
Bremen, GA · about 13 miles
Certified for bacteria
Eurofins - Atlanta
Atlanta, GA · about 53 miles
Certified for bacteria, lead and copper
Georgia Environmental Protection Division Laboratory
Norcross, GA · about 56 miles
Certified for bacteria, lead and copper, PFAS
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 Carrollton: 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 Carrollton
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Zachary Water System’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About LithiumWhat it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Lithium
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water