Public water system · GA0550006
ActiveMount Vernon Mills, Inc..
At a glance
Mount Vernon Mills, Inc.. (PWSID GA0550006) is an active non-transient non-community water system in Chattooga County, Georgia. It reports serving 2,481 people through 2 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 9 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2014.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
2,481
Service connections
2
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
NTNCWS
Non-transient non-community water system
System record
How does Mount Vernon Mills, Inc.. compare with other water systems in Chattooga County?
By EPA's size categories, Mount Vernon Mills, Inc.. is a small system (501 to 3,300 people). Chattooga County has 7 active public water systems, and Mount Vernon Mills, Inc.. is the 3rd-largest of them by population served. Its population served is about 34% below the county average of 3,780 people per system, and accounts for 9.4% of the 26,462 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Georgia, the 2,375 active systems average 4,525 people each. Nationally, the average active non-transient non-community water system reports serving 430 people, so Mount Vernon Mills, Inc.. is about 5.8 times that figure.
What does “non-transient non-community water system” mean?
A non-transient non-community water system regularly serves at least 25 of the same people for more than six months a year, but not where they live. Schools, factories, office buildings and hospitals with their own supply are typical examples. Georgia has 158 active non-transient non-community water systems, 6.7% 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 Mount Vernon Mills, Inc..?
EPA lists Mount Vernon Mills, Inc.. 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. 2 of the 7 active systems in Chattooga County (29%) are also privately owned.
Does Mount Vernon Mills, Inc.. have drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 9 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2014. The violations listed here began between February 1994 and July 2014. By type: 5 public notice, recordkeeping or other and 4 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Consumer Confidence Rule (5 of them). EPA lists 5 as resolved and 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-07-01 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Complete Failure to Report · code 71 | Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000 | No | Resolved |
| 2013-07-01 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Complete Failure to Report · code 71 | Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000 | No | Resolved |
| 2010-07-01 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Complete Failure to Report · code 71 | Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000 | No | Resolved |
| 2007-07-01 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Complete Failure to Report · code 71 | Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000 | No | Resolved |
| 2006-07-01 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Complete Failure to Report · code 71 | Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000 | No | Resolved |
| 2001-08-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Repeat Minor (TCR) · code 26 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | No | Archived |
| 1996-10-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | No | Archived |
| 1995-08-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Minor (TCR) · code 24 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | No | Archived |
| 1994-02-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | No | Archived |
All 9 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.
Mount Vernon Mills, Inc..: frequently asked questions
Who runs Mount Vernon Mills, Inc..?
Mount Vernon Mills, Inc.. (PWSID GA0550006) is a non-transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the GA state drinking water program.
How many people does Mount Vernon Mills, Inc.. serve?
Mount Vernon Mills, Inc.. reports serving 2,481 people through 2 service connections in Chattooga County, Georgia.
Where does Mount Vernon Mills, Inc.. 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 Mount Vernon Mills, Inc.. have any drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 9 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2014. 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 Mount Vernon Mills, Inc..'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 9 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2014. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the GA state drinking water program.
Where can I find Mount Vernon Mills, Inc..'s water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Mount Vernon Mills, Inc.. is a non-transient non-community water system, so it is not required to publish one; like every public water system, it must notify the people it serves about violations under EPA's public notification rules.
Other water systems in Chattooga County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summerville | Chattooga | 9,993 | Community | Surface water |
| Chattooga County | Chattooga | 9,190 | Community | Groundwater |
| Trion | Chattooga | 2,043 | Community | Purchased groundwater |
| Lyerly | Chattooga | 1,638 | Community | Purchased surface water |
| Menlo | Chattooga | 949 | Community | Groundwater |
| Camp Juliette Low | Chattooga | 168 | Transient non-community | 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, “Mount Vernon Mills, Inc.., PWSID GA0550006, Georgia”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/georgia/mount-vernon-mills-inc-ga0550006 (data as of October 1, 2026).