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PWSID GA0610001

FORT GAINES

Community water system based in Fort Gaines, GA

Service area on file with EPA: Fort Gaines · Clay County. EPA's recorded service area can be incomplete for regional authorities. The cities and counties above are what the utility has filed with EPA; the utility may serve additional areas.

Population served
1,399
Source
Groundwater
Status
Active

At a glance

1 finding worth watching

Risk classification follows EPA's published values for safe drinking water, with caution and concern bands reviewed by a clinician. Past resolved violations do not influence this card. See methodology.

Lead service line inventory

No inventory data on file

We do not yet have this utility's published Lead Service Line Inventory on file. The EPA Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI) required every community water system to publish one by October 16, 2024 and to identify and replace any lead lines within 10 years. How lead enters drinking water.

Phase 1 coverage focuses on the largest NC utilities. Smaller systems will be added; in the meantime, ask your utility for their inventory or check their Consumer Confidence Report.

Lead and copper test results

The most recent measurement per contaminant from EPA's Lead and Copper Rule sampling.

Why only lead and copper, and not arsenic, nitrate, or others?

EPA's bulk SDWIS download is the only nationwide per-system sample data they publish, and it only includes the Lead and Copper Rule table. Values for other regulated contaminants (TTHMs, nitrate, arsenic, etc.) appear on this page only when they trigger a violation. For the full per-system contaminant suite, see the utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report (link further down the page).

Most recent measurements per contaminant (Lead and Copper Rule) . Sorted by risk: concern first, then caution, then unrated, then safe.
Contaminant Most recent Date Risk
Lead
PB90
 0.0011 mg/L December 31, 2023 Caution

Data from EPA SDWIS (Lead and Copper Rule sample table) , last refreshed May 24, 2026.

Fluoride

Per CDC My Water's Fluoride

FORT GAINES adds fluoride to its drinking water.

CDC classifies a system as fluoridated when it adjusts fluoride to the recommended level, or when it buys water from a system that does. The U.S. Public Health Service recommends 0.7 mg/L for community water fluoridation.

Source: CDC My Water's Fluoride, listed under FORT GAINES (Clay County). Verify on CDC's site .

Area context

Clay County, GA (2020 data)

Community water systems
1 of 3 add fluoride
Population on fluoridated water
1,118 of 2,178 (51.3%)

Georgia statewide (2020 data)

Population on fluoridated water
8,671,136 of 9,135,654 (94.9%)
Community water systems adding fluoride
570 of 1,728

Data from CDC My Water's Fluoride (per-system status) , last refreshed May 19, 2026.

Data from CDC Water Fluoridation Reporting System (state and county aggregates) , last refreshed May 16, 2026.

Compliance history

EPA-recorded violations against this system over the last 5 years.

How to read this section

Health-based violations are when a measured limit was exceeded; the measured concentration is shown alongside the EPA federal limit where SDWIS published it. Monitoring and reporting items are paperwork issues (missed sample dates, late filings) that do not themselves indicate unsafe water.

No health-based violations

No health-based violations on file in the last 5 years. EPA recorded 9 monitoring or reporting items (paperwork) during the same period.

9 monitoring and reporting item s (paperwork) , 5 still open · these are not health risks
Monitoring and reporting items in the last 5 years
Period start Relates to Item Status
October 17, 2024 Lead and Copper Rule Revisions LSL Reporting Unaddressed
October 17, 2024 Lead and Copper Rule Revisions LSL Reporting Unaddressed
October 1, 2023 Consumer Confidence Rule Consumer Confidence Report Inadequate Reporting Resolved
October 1, 2023 Consumer Confidence Rule Consumer Confidence Report Inadequate Reporting Resolved
July 1, 2023 Consumer Confidence Rule Consumer Confidence Report Complete Failure to Report Unaddressed
October 1, 2022 Consumer Confidence Rule Consumer Confidence Report Inadequate Reporting Unaddressed
July 1, 2022 Consumer Confidence Rule Consumer Confidence Report Complete Failure to Report Unaddressed
July 1, 2021 Consumer Confidence Rule Consumer Confidence Report Complete Failure to Report Resolved
July 1, 2021 Consumer Confidence Rule Consumer Confidence Report Complete Failure to Report Resolved
10 older violation s (5-10 years ago) · all paperwork (monitoring/reporting), none health-based , all resolved
Violations 5-10 years ago (10 total)
Period start Relates to Item Measured level Status
January 21, 2021 Public Notice Public Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation — Resolved
January 21, 2021 Public Notice Public Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation — Resolved
July 1, 2020 Consumer Confidence Rule Consumer Confidence Report Complete Failure to Report — Resolved
July 1, 2020 Consumer Confidence Rule Consumer Confidence Report Complete Failure to Report — Resolved
August 8, 2019 E. Coli Monitoring, Source Water (GWR) — Resolved
August 8, 2019 E. Coli Monitoring, Source Water (GWR) — Resolved
August 8, 2019 E. Coli Monitoring, Source Water (GWR) — Resolved
August 8, 2019 E. Coli Monitoring, Source Water (GWR) — Resolved
July 1, 2016 Consumer Confidence Rule Consumer Confidence Report Complete Failure to Report — Resolved
July 1, 2016 Consumer Confidence Rule Consumer Confidence Report Complete Failure to Report — Resolved

Data from EPA SDWIS (violation records) , last refreshed May 24, 2026.

Where to see every contaminant this utility tested for

EPA's bulk SDWIS dataset gives MyTapWater.us per-system measured values for lead and copper, plus violation records for everything else. To see every regulated contaminant this utility tested for in the past year (TTHMs, HAA5, nitrate, arsenic, fluoride, chromium, etc.) with measured values, read the utility's Consumer Confidence Report (CCR).

Every community water system is required by EPA to publish a CCR annually, by July 1, listing every contaminant they sampled, the measured value, the federal limit, and any health-based exceedances. Most utilities post the report online; some mail it with your bill.

How to find FORT GAINES's CCR:

Other water systems in Clay County, GA

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Contact this utility

Public administrative contact information for this water system, as filed with the EPA. Use this to ask about your service line, request your home's lead status, or report a water quality issue.

Administrator
SUMPTER, KENNETH
Phone
229-768-2443
Email
cnpksumpter@gmail.com
Mailing address
P.O. Box 251
FORT GAINES, GA 39851

Where this page's data comes from

Bundle released 2026-Q2, regenerated May 24, 2026. Each section above also shows its own source date so you can tell at a glance how fresh that part of the page is.

Every value on this page is cross-verified before publication; read our methodology for the verification steps and corrections process.