PFOS in Georgia water
PFOS was detected in 28 of 117 Georgia cities with a published result, 27 of them above the federal limit.
27 cities above the federal limit
- AugustaAbove reference
- BarnesvilleAbove reference
- BraseltonAbove reference
- Butts County/Jackson/Jenkinsburg WsAbove reference
- CalhounAbove reference
- ChatsworthAbove reference
- Clayton CountyAbove reference
- ColumbusAbove reference
- DaltonAbove reference
- East PointAbove reference
- Effingham County SurfaceAbove reference
- FairburnAbove reference
- FayettevilleAbove reference
- Floyd CountyAbove reference
- GriffinAbove reference
- Harris CountyAbove reference
- LaFayetteAbove reference
- McDonoughAbove reference
- PoolerAbove reference
- Port WentworthAbove reference
- Savannah-I DAbove reference
- South Monroe CountyAbove reference
- Spalding CountyAbove reference
- ValdostaAbove reference
- Walker CountyAbove reference
- WinderAbove reference
- WoodstockAbove reference
- AlbanyDetected
Not detected or no usable result: 89 cities
- AmericusNot detected
- Athens-ClarkeNot detected
- AtlantaNot detected
- AuburnNot detected
- BainbridgeNot detected
- Baldwin CountyNot detected
- Barrow CountyNot detected
- Bartow CountyNot detected
- BrunswickNot detected
- CantonNot detected
- Carroll CountyNot detected
- CarrolltonNot detected
- CartersvilleNot detected
- Catoosa Util DistNot detected
- CentervilleNot detected
- Cherokee CountyNot detected
- Cobb CountyNot detected
- Columbia CountyNot detected
- CommerceNot detected
- CordeleNot detected
- CovingtonNot detected
- CowetaNot detected
- CummingNot detected
- Dade CountyNot detected
- Dekalb CountyNot detected
- DemorestNot detected
- DouglasNot detected
- Douglasville-Douglas County WsaNot detected
- DublinNot detected
- Eatonton PutnamNot detected
- Ellijay-Gilmer CountyNot detected
- EtowahNot detected
- Fayette CountyNot detected
- FitzgeraldNot detected
- Forsyth CountyNot detected
- Fort ValleyNot detected
- GainesvilleNot detected
- Gwinnett CountyNot detected
- Haralson CountyNot detected
- Henry CountyNot detected
- HinesvilleNot detected
- Houston County-Feagin MillNot detected
- Jackson CountyNot detected
- JasperNot detected
- JeffersonNot detected
- JesupNot detected
- Jones CountyNot detected
- KingslandNot detected
- LaGrangeNot detected
- Lee CountyNot detected
- Locust GroveNot detected
- LoganvilleNot detected
- Lowndes County -North Lowndes County WsNot detected
- Marietta LightsNot detected
- MilledgevilleNot detected
- MonroeNot detected
- MoultrieNot detected
- NewnanNot detected
- Newton County Water-SewerageNot detected
- North Fulton CountyNot detected
- NotlaNot detected
- Oconee CountyNot detected
- Paulding CountyNot detected
- Polk CountyNot detected
- Rabun CountyNot detected
- Richmond HillNot detected
- RinconNot detected
- Rockdale CountyNot detected
- RoswellNot detected
- SatillaNot detected
- Savannah-Georgetown/GatewayNot detected
- Savannah-MainNot detected
- Savannah-Wilmington IslandNot detected
- SmyrnaNot detected
- St Simons IslandNot detected
- St. MarysNot detected
- StatesboroNot detected
- ThomastonNot detected
- ThomasvilleNot detected
- Thomson-Mcduffie W S CommNot detected
- Tifton-Tift CountyNot detected
- ToccoaNot detected
- Towns CountyNot detected
- Union CityNot detected
- VidaliaNot detected
- Villa RicaNot detected
- Walton CountyNot detected
- Warner RobinsNot detected
- WaycrossNot detected
Values are from the published EPA record; a contaminant that was never tested is shown as pending, never as a pass. A system-level result, not a measurement of any single home.
What can carry a PFOS reduction claim
- Reverse osmosis
Semi-permeable membrane separation removing dissolved minerals, heavy metals, and persistent fluorinated chemicals down to 0.0001 microns.
- Activated carbon (GAC)
Highly porous adsorption media targeting chlorine, disinfection byproducts, volatile organic compounds, and organic chemicals.
- Anion exchange
Synthetic polyvalent resin beads that exchange unwanted dissolved ionic contaminants for harmless benchmark ions.
Boiling does not remove a dissolved chemical compound and can concentrate it. Many pitcher and refrigerator filters carry no verified claim for a compound like this at all.
A finding establishes the need, the need names the capability, the capability requires a verified certification. No product appears before that sequence completes. Filter Finder →