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Is Dalton, GA tap water safe?

Dalton Utilities serves Dalton, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s records show for it, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

Dalton Utilities serves Dalton. In EPA’s records it has 2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029, and no health-based violation since 2016.

The worst: PFOS at 8.4 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.

Some homes in a town are on private wells or a small system of their own. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Dalton Utilities’s water.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Dalton

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

  • Tyson Foods

    Cumming, GA · about 64 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (770) 887-6011

  • American Water Services

    Cleveland, GA · about 69 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (706) 348-6215

  • Georgia Environmental Protection Division Laboratory

    Norcross, GA · about 70 miles

    Certified for bacteria, lead and copper, PFAS

    (470) 524-0577

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 Dalton

Which ZIP codes are in Dalton: 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 Dalton

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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