Is Jasper, GA tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 3 utilities serving Jasper has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s records.
Pickens County Water Auth., 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 Jasper’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Pickens County Water Auth.
Georgia · serves 7,153 people · about 340 in Jasper
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Jasper
Georgia · serves 14,435 people · about 150 in Jasper
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Big Canoe Subdivision
Georgia · serves 7,606 people · under 100 in Jasper
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.5 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Jasper
The 3 labs Georgia certifies closest to Jasper, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Tyson Foods
Cumming, GA · about 30 miles
Certified for bacteria
Georgia Environmental Protection Division Laboratory
Norcross, GA · about 39 miles
Certified for bacteria, lead and copper, PFAS
Pace Analytical Services, Inc. - Atlanta
Norcross, GA · about 39 miles
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 Jasper: 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 Jasper
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Pickens County Water Auth.’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