Is Mountain Park, GA tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 5 utilities serving Mountain Park has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s records.
Gwinnett Co. Dept. of Water Resources, 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 Mountain Park’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Gwinnett Co. Dept. of Water Resources
Georgia · serves 975,000 people · about 9,000 in Mountain Park
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Dekalb County
Georgia · serves 743,000 people · about 3,300 in Mountain Park
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 5.5 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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North Fulton County
Georgia · serves 434,517 people · about 390 in Mountain Park
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.6 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Roswell
Georgia · serves 14,300 people · about 260 in Mountain Park
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.3 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Cobb County
Georgia · serves 695,000 people · about 170 in Mountain Park
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.6 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Mountain Park
The 3 labs Georgia certifies closest to Mountain Park, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Georgia Environmental Protection Division Laboratory
Norcross, GA · about 2 miles
Certified for bacteria, lead and copper, PFAS
Pace Analytical Services, Inc. - Atlanta
Norcross, GA · about 2 miles
Eurofins - Atlanta
Atlanta, GA · about 5 miles
Certified for bacteria, lead and copper
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 Mountain 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 Mountain Park
Other towns in Gwinnett County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Gwinnett Co. Dept. of Water Resources’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