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What is in the water at 31816
2 public water systems serve this ZIP code in the federal records. Everything below comes from EPA monitoring data, and everything missing is named.
MANCHESTER
PWSID GA1990003 · GA · serves 5,397 people · service area inferred by a model, not supplied by the state
PFAS and lithium
Sampled, nothing detected. Tested for 30 compounds under UCMR 5 with none found at or above its reporting limit. A reporting limit is the lowest concentration the method can measure, so this means “below that” rather than “zero”.
Health-based violations
1 open health-based violation(s) recorded in SDWIS and not yet returned to compliance.
- TT · contaminant code 0400 · began 2026-02-06
Hardness
No hardness measurement. Hardness is measured at environmental monitoring stations, and none fell inside this system’s service area. That is a gap in where monitoring happens, not a finding about the water.
TALBOT COUNTY WATER WORKS
PWSID GA2630005 · GA
PFAS and lithium
6 compounds detected at or above the reporting limit under EPA’s UCMR 5 monitoring, across 20 samples.
| Compound | Highest detected | Samples | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
| PFBS | 0.0076 µg/L | 4 | 9/23/2024 |
| PFHxA | 0.0072 µg/L | 4 | 9/23/2024 |
| PFOS | 0.0068 µg/L | 4 | 9/23/2024 |
| PFPeA | 0.0067 µg/L | 4 | 9/23/2024 |
| PFBA | 0.0061 µg/L | 1 | 11/4/2024 |
| PFOA | 0.0058 µg/L | 3 | 9/23/2024 |
A detection is a measurement, not a violation and not a health finding. EPA states that UCMR 5 results do not indicate compliance or non-compliance with any limit.
Health-based violations
1 open health-based violation(s) recorded in SDWIS and not yet returned to compliance.
- MCL · contaminant code 2950 · began 2019-10-01
Hardness
No hardness measurement. Hardness is measured at environmental monitoring stations, and none fell inside this system’s service area. That is a gap in where monitoring happens, not a finding about the water.
What this report cannot tell you
Every figure describes water at a sampling point: a treatment plant, an entry point to the distribution system, or a monitoring station. None of it describes water arriving at your tap. Plumbing between the two can add lead and copper, and if your home was built before 1986 a test kit tells you something no federal dataset can.
Sources: EPA UCMR 5 occurrence (final release, frozen July 2026) · EPA SDWIS health-based violations · USGS and state monitoring via the Water Quality Portal · EPA Public Water System Service Area Boundaries v3. Compiled 2026-09-01 · 1 of 2 service areas here are modelled.