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Is Reed Creek, GA tap water safe?

Hartwell serves Reed Creek, 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

Hartwell serves Reed Creek. In EPA’s records it has nothing above a health goal, and no health-based violation since 2016.

That data covers what its report lists, not everything.

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.

Water testing near Reed Creek

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

  • Food and Dairy Research Associates

    Commerce, GA · about 34 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (706) 335-9703

  • UGA Feed and Environmental Water

    Athens, GA · about 39 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (706) 542-5350

  • Rogers & Callcott

    Greenville, SC · about 45 miles

    (864) 335-4990

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 Reed Creek

Which ZIP codes are in Reed Creek: 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 Reed Creek

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