Is Moody AFB, GA tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 2 utilities serving Moody AFB has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s records: Valdosta.
USAF - Moody Air Force Base - Main, 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 Moody AFB’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
USAF - Moody Air Force Base - Main
Georgia · serves 5,325 people · about 570 in Moody AFB
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Valdosta
Georgia · serves 48,959 people · about 120 in Moody AFB
2 results above the legal limit and 2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5) at 72 ppb, above the legal limit.
12 health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Moody AFB
The 3 labs Georgia certifies closest to Moody AFB, 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 33 miles
Certified for bacteria
Tindal Enterprises/Altamaha Laboratories
Blackshear, GA · about 62 miles
Certified for bacteria
Ackurit Labs
Tallahassee, FL · about 74 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 GeorgiaWhich ZIP codes are in Moody AFB: 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 Moody AFB
Other towns in Lowndes County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read USAF - Moody Air Force Base - Main’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