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Water hardness in Covington

Find official utility reports, understand hardness, and check the water system serving your home in Covington, Georgia.

Utility-reported hardness

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State comparison
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Evidence comparison rank
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Matched utilities
8
Active health records
0

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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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.

Newton Co. Water-Sewerage Auth

GA2170004 · Surface water · 74,364 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

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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

Below action level
Reported level
0.0025 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

17% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2003 to Dec 31, 2005

Violation history (0)

No record returned in this imported window. This is not a guarantee of tap-water safety.

Covington

GA2170001 · Surface water · 14,391 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

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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

Below action level
Reported level
0.0025 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

17% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2003 to Dec 31, 2005

Violation history (0)

No record returned in this imported window. This is not a guarantee of tap-water safety.

Oxford

GA2170020 · Surface water · 2,132 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

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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

Below action level
Reported level
0.0025 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

17% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2003 to Dec 31, 2005

Violation history (1)
Imported violation history for Oxford
RuleStatusPeriod
Consumer Confidence RuleUnaddressedOct 1, 2025

Porterdale

GA2170014 · Surface water · 1,944 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

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Measurements (2)

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

Below action level
Reported level
0.0025 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

17% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2003 to Dec 31, 2005

TTHM

EPA SDWIS reported health-based violation

Reported violation
Reported level
0.083 MG/L
Maximum contaminant level
0.08 MG/L

104% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2026 to Mar 31, 2026

Violation history (9)
Imported violation history for Porterdale
RuleStatusPeriod
TTHMHealth-basedArchivedJan 1, 2026 to Mar 31, 2026
TTHMHealth-basedResolvedJul 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2025
TTHMHealth-basedResolvedApr 1, 2025 to Jun 30, 2025
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedJul 1, 2024 to Aug 5, 2024
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedOct 1, 2023 to Jan 6, 2026
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedJul 1, 2023 to Jan 6, 2026
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedOct 1, 2022 to Feb 11, 2026
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedJul 1, 2022 to Feb 11, 2026
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedJul 1, 2021 to Nov 9, 2021

Mansfield

GA2170002 · Surface water · 791 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

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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

Below action level
Reported level
0.0025 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

17% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2003 to Dec 31, 2005

Violation history (3)
Imported violation history for Mansfield
RuleStatusPeriod
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedJul 1, 2025 to Sep 10, 2025
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedJul 1, 2021 to Nov 9, 2021
Consumer Confidence RuleUnaddressedJul 1, 2020

Newborn Water System

GA2170003 · Surface water · 667 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

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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

Below action level
Reported level
0.0025 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

17% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2003 to Dec 31, 2005

Violation history (0)

No record returned in this imported window. This is not a guarantee of tap-water safety.

Alcovy Mobile Home Park

GA2170034 · Groundwater · 120 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

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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

Below action level
Reported level
0 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

0% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2024

Violation history (5)
Imported violation history for Alcovy Mobile Home Park
RuleStatusPeriod
Revised Total Coliform RuleArchivedMar 1, 2026 to Mar 31, 2026
Consumer Confidence RuleUnaddressedOct 1, 2025
Consumer Confidence RuleUnaddressedJul 1, 2025
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedJul 1, 2024 to Sep 12, 2024
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedJul 1, 2021 to Aug 31, 2021

Newton County Water System

GA2170097 · Surface water · 0 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

Below action level
Reported level
5.8e-4 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

4% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2023

Violation history (0)

No record returned in this imported window. This is not a guarantee of tap-water safety.

City summary

What the indexed records say

Covington has 1 published ZIP profile across Newton County. The regional-evidence median is 26 PPM. The city does not meet the stricter comparison standard.

Because only one ZIP is represented, the city median and range are the same local estimate. It should not be read as multiple independent samples across the community.

Hardness distribution

How local ZIP estimates compare

Soft1 ZIP
Moderately hard0 ZIPs
Hard0 ZIPs
Very hard0 ZIPs

1 of 1 ZIP profiles have a hardness estimate. Bars count ZIP profiles, not households or laboratory samples.

Evidence quality

Distance, dates, and confidence

Median nearest distance
9.5 miles
Profiles with evidence
1/1

Confidence labels

High: 1Moderate: 0Low: 0

Observation window: Dec 17, 2019 to Dec 9, 2024.

ZIP directory

Water reports in Covington

Open a ZIP for site-level provenance and measurements.

Practical next steps

Move from index to evidence

  1. 1. Open your ZIP. Check distance, dates, confidence, and the associated utility.
  2. 2. Read the current CCR. Confirm source water, detections, limits, ranges, and notices.
  3. 3. Use a measured hardness result. Confirm health concerns or treatment sizing with the right method.

Questions people ask

About water in Covington

Is the water hard?

Check the utility-reported result above when available. Nearby environmental samples cannot establish tap-water hardness. Ask your provider or test your tap.

Is the tap water safe?

Compliance history is utility-wide and cannot guarantee conditions at every tap. Check current notices and test when address-specific evidence is needed.

Do I need treatment?

Choose treatment only after confirming the problem at the property. A softener targets hardness; contaminant treatment requires a matching, verified performance claim.