Utility-reported hardness
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Official source aggregationWater quality in Americus, GA 31709
Regional hardness evidence, possible serving systems, EPA compliance history, and the measurements that are—and are not—available for Sumter County.
No active health-based violation reported
- Largest possible serving system
- Americus
- Source water
- Groundwater
- County
- Sumter County
- Profile updated
Your tap water
What does the utility report?
Match the utility name to your water bill. These results describe the utility’s water, not a test at your home. A ZIP can include several water systems.
Utility hardness unavailable in this index
Nearby river or groundwater samples cannot tell us the hardness coming out of your tap. Ask your water provider for total hardness as CaCO₃, or test it at home.
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What the current records say
EPA quarter 2026Q2
All possible systems
No active flag
0 active health-based records
Measurements by utility
Each result belongs to a specific system.
Utility match
7 systems
Serves 15,082 people system-wide
Match the name on your water bill
Your utility’s measurements and compliance records
These are possible serving systems. A record for one system does not apply to every home in this ZIP. Confirm your provider before interpreting a measurement or notice. Federal records can lag current utility notices.
EPA snapshot: 2026Q2. Historical window begins Jan 1, 2021.
Americus
GA2610000 · Groundwater · 15,082 people served system-wide
A municipal system, in-state city, and served county all agree with this Census ZCTA.
No active health-based record in this imported snapshot
Find this utility’s official report →Measurements (1)
An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.
Lead (90th percentile)
EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples
- Reported level
- 0.0039 mg/L
- Action level
- 0.015 mg/L
26% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
Violation history (2)
| Rule | Status | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | Resolved | Sep 1, 2022 to Aug 31, 2023 |
| TTHM | Resolved | Sep 1, 2022 to Aug 31, 2023 |
Briar Patch Mobile Home Park
GA2610012 · Groundwater · 162 people served system-wide
The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.
No active health-based record in this imported snapshot
Find this utility’s official report →Measurements (1)
An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.
Lead (90th percentile)
EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples
- Reported level
- 0 mg/L
- Action level
- 0.015 mg/L
0% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
Violation history (4)
| Rule | Status | Period |
|---|---|---|
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | Resolved | Jul 2, 2025 to Oct 9, 2025 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Oct 1, 2022 to Dec 22, 2022 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2022 to Dec 22, 2022 |
| Nitrate-Nitrite | Resolved | Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022 |
Southern Hills Mhp
GA2610039 · Groundwater · 130 people served system-wide
The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.
No active health-based record in this imported snapshot
Find this utility’s official report →Measurements (1)
An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.
Lead (90th percentile)
EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples
- Reported level
- 0.002 mg/L
- Action level
- 0.015 mg/L
13% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
Violation history (14)
| Rule | Status | Period |
|---|---|---|
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | Resolved | Oct 17, 2024 to Dec 17, 2025 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2024 to Sep 27, 2024 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | May 1, 2024 to May 31, 2024 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Unaddressed | Oct 1, 2023 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Unaddressed | Jul 1, 2023 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | Resolved | Oct 1, 2021 to Jun 13, 2022 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Sep 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2021 to May 26, 2022 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | Mar 6, 2021 to Feb 19, 2022 |
| Nitrate-Nitrite | Resolved | Jan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Addressed | Jul 1, 2012 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Addressed | Jul 1, 2010 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Addressed | Jul 1, 2009 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | Unaddressed | Jan 1, 1994 |
Koinonia-Forest Park
GA2610013 · Groundwater · 84 people served system-wide
The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.
No active health-based record in this imported snapshot
Find this utility’s official report →Measurements (1)
An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.
Lead (90th percentile)
EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples
- Reported level
- 0.006 mg/L
- Action level
- 0.015 mg/L
40% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2024
Violation history (16)
| Rule | Status | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Oct 1, 2025 to Jan 6, 2026 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | Unaddressed | Oct 1, 2025 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2025 to Jul 31, 2025 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2025 to Jan 26, 2026 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | Resolved | Oct 17, 2024 to Dec 12, 2025 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2024 to Sep 28, 2024 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | May 1, 2024 to May 31, 2024 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Oct 1, 2023 to Jan 6, 2026 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2023 to Jan 6, 2026 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | Resolved | Oct 1, 2021 to Jun 13, 2022 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Sep 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2021 to May 26, 2022 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | Mar 6, 2021 to Feb 19, 2022 |
| Nitrate-Nitrite | Resolved | Jan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Addressed | Jul 1, 2012 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Addressed | Jul 1, 2010 |
Graystone Village
GA2610045 · Groundwater · 70 people served system-wide
The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.
No active health-based record in this imported snapshot
Find this utility’s official report →Measurements (1)
An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.
Lead (90th percentile)
EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples
- Reported level
- 6.0e-4 mg/L
- Action level
- 0.015 mg/L
4% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
Violation history (12)
| Rule | Status | Period |
|---|---|---|
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | Resolved | Oct 17, 2024 to Dec 17, 2025 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2024 to Sep 27, 2024 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | May 1, 2024 to May 31, 2024 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Unaddressed | Oct 1, 2023 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Unaddressed | Jul 1, 2023 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | Resolved | Oct 1, 2021 to Jun 13, 2022 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Sep 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2021 to May 26, 2022 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | Mar 6, 2021 to Feb 14, 2022 |
| Nitrate-Nitrite | Resolved | Jan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Addressed | Jul 1, 2012 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Addressed | Jul 1, 2010 |
Koinonia Village
GA2610017 · Groundwater · 68 people served system-wide
The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.
No active health-based record in this imported snapshot
Find this utility’s official report →Measurements (1)
An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.
Lead (90th percentile)
EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples
- Reported level
- 0.0017 mg/L
- Action level
- 0.015 mg/L
11% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2024
Violation history (17)
| Rule | Status | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Oct 1, 2025 to Dec 29, 2025 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | Unaddressed | Oct 1, 2025 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2025 to Jul 31, 2025 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2025 to Dec 29, 2025 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | Resolved | Oct 17, 2024 to Dec 15, 2025 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2024 to Sep 27, 2024 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | May 1, 2024 to May 31, 2024 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Oct 1, 2023 to Dec 29, 2025 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2023 to Dec 29, 2025 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | Resolved | Oct 1, 2021 to Jun 13, 2022 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Sep 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2021 to May 26, 2022 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | Mar 6, 2021 to Feb 19, 2022 |
| Nitrate-Nitrite | Resolved | Jan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Addressed | Jul 1, 2012 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Addressed | Jul 1, 2010 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Addressed | Jul 1, 2009 |
Towerview Subdivision
GA2610057 · Groundwater · 46 people served system-wide
The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.
No active health-based record in this imported snapshot
Find this utility’s official report →Measurements (1)
An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.
Lead (90th percentile)
EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples
- Reported level
- 0 mg/L
- Action level
- 0.015 mg/L
0% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2025 to Jun 30, 2025
Violation history (2)
| Rule | Status | Period |
|---|---|---|
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | Resolved | Oct 17, 2024 to Dec 17, 2025 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | May 1, 2024 to May 31, 2024 |
Hardness meter
What does nearby environmental evidence show?
117
PPM as CaCO₃
Moderately Hard
PPM
117
GPG
6.8
Regional environmental evidence
USGS hardness classification scale
117 PPM
Soft
0–60Moderate
61–120Hard
121–180Very hard
181+
0–60Moderate
61–120Hard
121–180Very hard
181+
Parts per million
117
mg/L as CaCO₃ equivalent
Grains per gallon
6.8
1 GPG ≈ 17.1 PPM
How to use regional evidence
These samples describe nearby environmental water. They cannot establish whether your tap water is soft or hard. Use a utility result or a tap test for appliance settings and treatment sizing.
USGS sites used
7
Nearest site
3.3 mi
Observation range
Sep 20, 2023–Sep 15, 2025
Regional evidence confidence
High
Median of the latest source-type-aligned hardness observation at each monitoring site within 25 miles. Nearest monitoring location: 12Q059 (Well).USGS source documentation ↗Evidence tier: Regional environmental evidence. This value is not used as proof of the serving utility's treated-water hardness.
Regional context
Is 31709 typical?
These comparisons use other indexed ZIP estimates, not utility tap samples. They help show local context without replacing a household test.
Americus median
117 PPM
About the same2 indexed ZIP readings · Range 117–117 PPM
Georgia median
101 PPM
16 PPM higher371 indexed ZIP readings · Range 2.5–1400 PPM
Evidence-first next steps
Confirm the problem before choosing treatment
This profile can help you ask the right question. It cannot select equipment for a property without a current result from the serving utility or the tap.
Confirm the serving system
ZIP boundaries and utility service areas do not perfectly match. Verify the system on a water bill before relying on system-wide records.
Read the current utility report
Use the current Consumer Confidence Report for treated-water results and official notices.
Find an official utility report →Test for the decision you face
Use a tap hardness test before sizing a softener. For health concerns, use a certified laboratory and the correct sampling protocol.
Convert your hardness test result →Nearby indexed reports
More local profiles in Americus
Estimates can differ across a city because monitoring locations and associated systems differ.
Frequently asked
Water questions for Americus
Is tap water safe in Americus?+
EPA ECHO shows no active health-based violation for the associated systems in this reporting snapshot. This does not prove every contaminant is absent; federal records can lag and household plumbing can change tap conditions.
How hard is the water?+
Utility-reported hardness is unavailable in this index. Regional samples do not establish tap-water hardness. Ask your provider or test your tap.
Do I need a water softener?+
Confirm hardness at your tap and consider actual scale or spotting before choosing treatment. Regional environmental values cannot determine whether you need a softener. A softener addresses hardness, not every contaminant.