Is Lake Park, GA tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 2 utilities serving Lake Park has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s records: Lowndes Co. - North Lowndes Co. WS.
Lowndes Co - South Lowndes, 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 Lake Park’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Lowndes Co - South Lowndes
Georgia · serves 8,664 people · under 100 in Lake Park
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Lowndes Co. - North Lowndes Co. WS
Georgia · serves 16,656 people · lists Lake Park among the places it serves
2 results above the legal limit and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5) at 163 ppb, above the legal limit.
34 health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Lake Park
The 3 labs Georgia certifies closest to Lake Park, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Crystal River Water Services
Norman Park, GA · about 48 miles
Certified for bacteria
Tindal Enterprises/Altamaha Laboratories
Blackshear, GA · about 65 miles
Certified for bacteria
Ackurit Labs
Tallahassee, FL · about 75 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 GeorgiaZIP codes in Lake Park
Which ZIP codes are in Lake Park: 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 Lake Park
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Lowndes Co - South Lowndes’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