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Is Rest Haven, GA tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Rest Haven, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

Neither of the 2 utilities serving Rest Haven 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 Rest Haven’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Rest Haven

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

  • Tyson Foods

    Cumming, GA · about 6 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (770) 887-6011

  • Georgia Environmental Protection Division Laboratory

    Norcross, GA · about 16 miles

    Certified for bacteria, lead and copper, PFAS

    (470) 524-0577

  • Pace Analytical Services, Inc. - Atlanta

    Norcross, GA · about 16 miles

    (770) 734-4200

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 Rest Haven

Which ZIP codes are in Rest Haven: 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.

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