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Is Cleveland, GA tap water safe?

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

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

1 of the 2 utilities serving Cleveland has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s records: White Co Water & Sewerage Auth.

Cleveland Waterworks, 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 Cleveland’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Cleveland

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 Cleveland, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • American Water Services

    Cleveland, GA · under a mile

    Certified for bacteria

    (706) 348-6215

  • Food and Dairy Research Associates

    Commerce, GA · about 33 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (706) 335-9703

  • Tyson Foods

    Cumming, GA · about 34 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 Cleveland

Which ZIP codes are in Cleveland: 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 Cleveland

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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