Is Walnut Grove, GA tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 5 utilities serving Walnut Grove 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 Walnut Grove’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Gwinnett Co. Dept. of Water Resources
Georgia · serves 975,000 people · about 530 in Walnut Grove
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Loganville
Georgia · serves 12,319 people · about 440 in Walnut Grove
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Walton Co. Water & Sewer Auth.
Georgia · serves 45,230 people · about 280 in Walnut Grove
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 3.0 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Covington
Georgia · serves 14,391 people · about 220 in Walnut Grove
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.5 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Newton Co. Water - Sewerage Auth
Georgia · serves 74,364 people · under 100 in Walnut Grove
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.5 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Walnut Grove
The 3 labs Georgia certifies closest to Walnut Grove, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Eurofins - Atlanta
Atlanta, GA · about 26 miles
Certified for bacteria, lead and copper
Georgia Environmental Protection Division Laboratory
Norcross, GA · about 29 miles
Certified for bacteria, lead and copper, PFAS
Pace Analytical Services, Inc. - Atlanta
Norcross, GA · about 29 miles
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 Walnut Grove: 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 Walnut Grove
Towns nearby 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