Public water system · GA1850288
ActiveBethany Hills Water System
At a glance
Bethany Hills Water System (PWSID GA1850288) is an active community water system in Lowndes County, Georgia. It reports serving 130 people through 48 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2010.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
130
Service connections
48
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
CWS
Community water system
System record
How does Bethany Hills Water System compare with other water systems in Lowndes County?
By EPA's size categories, Bethany Hills Water System is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Lowndes County has 77 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 1,254 people per system, and accounts for 0.1% of the 96,585 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Georgia, the 2,375 active systems average 4,525 people each. Nationally, the average active community water system reports serving 6,703 people, so Bethany Hills Water System is well below that figure.
What does “community water system” mean?
A community water system serves at least 15 connections used by year-round residents, or regularly serves at least 25 year-round residents. Homes, apartments and mobile-home parks are served by these. Georgia has 1,724 active community water systems, 73% of the state's 2,375 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 2,118 Georgia systems (89%) list groundwater as their primary source.
Who owns and regulates Bethany Hills Water System?
EPA lists Bethany Hills Water System as privately owned. The GA state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 68 of the 77 active systems in Lowndes County (88%) are also privately owned.
Does Bethany Hills Water System have drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2010. The violations listed here began between January 1997 and July 2010. By type: 6 public notice, recordkeeping or other and 5 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Consumer Confidence Rule (6 of them). EPA lists 6 as resolved and 5 as archived. Resolved means at least one resolving action is on record: the system returned to compliance, the rule no longer applies, or no further action was needed. Archived means the violation was not marked resolved but is more than five years past the end of the noncompliance period, so it no longer counts toward current compliance status.
| Began | Violation | Contaminant or rule | Health-based | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-07-01 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Complete Failure to Report · code 71 | Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000 | No | Resolved |
| 2008-07-01 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Complete Failure to Report · code 71 | Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000 | No | Resolved |
| 2007-09-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | No | Archived |
| 2006-07-01 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Complete Failure to Report · code 71 | Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000 | No | Resolved |
| 2005-07-01 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Complete Failure to Report · code 71 | Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000 | No | Resolved |
| 2005-06-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | No | Archived |
| 2004-07-01 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Complete Failure to Report · code 71 | Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000 | No | Resolved |
| 2003-09-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | No | Archived |
| 2003-07-01 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Complete Failure to Report · code 71 | Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000 | No | Resolved |
| 2000-09-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | No | Archived |
| 1997-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Nitratecode 1040 | No | Archived |
All 11 violations in EPA's records, newest first.Labels and codes come from EPA's SDWIS reference tables. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found. "Health-based" marks violations of a legal limit or required treatment.
Bethany Hills Water System: frequently asked questions
Who runs Bethany Hills Water System?
Bethany Hills Water System (PWSID GA1850288) is a community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the GA state drinking water program.
How many people does Bethany Hills Water System serve?
Bethany Hills Water System reports serving 130 people through 48 service connections in Lowndes County, Georgia.
Where does Bethany Hills Water System get its water?
EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers.
Does Bethany Hills Water System have any drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2010. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found.
Is Bethany Hills Water System's water safe to drink?
AquaCensus shows EPA compliance records, not current water test results, so it cannot say whether the water is safe at a given moment. EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2010. For current results, consult the system's annual water quality report, EPA ECHO, or the GA state drinking water program.
Where can I find Bethany Hills Water System's water quality report?
As a community water system, Bethany Hills Water System must deliver an annual water quality report, called a Consumer Confidence Report, to its customers by July 1 each year, covering the previous calendar year. The system can provide a copy on request.
Other water systems in Lowndes County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valdosta | Lowndes | 48,959 | Community | Groundwater |
| Lowndes Co.-North Lowndes Co. Ws | Lowndes | 13,190 | Community | Groundwater |
| Lowndes Co-South Lowndes | Lowndes | 8,303 | Community | Groundwater |
| Usaf-Moody Air Force Base-Main | Lowndes | 5,325 | Community | Groundwater |
| Hahira | Lowndes | 3,572 | Community | Groundwater |
| Remerton | Lowndes | 1,928 | Community | Purchased groundwater |
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About this data
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and SDWA violation records, via EPA ECHO, as published October 1, 2026 — AquaCensus refreshes it quarterly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: AquaCensus, “Bethany Hills Water System, PWSID GA1850288, Georgia”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/georgia/bethany-hills-water-system-ga1850288 (data as of October 1, 2026).