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Pecan Grove S/D

At a glance

Pecan Grove S/D (PWSID GA1030018) is an active community water system in Effingham County, Georgia. It reports serving 182 people through 70 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 October 2026 . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

182

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

CWS

Community water system

System record

PWSIDGA1030018

System typeCommunity water system

Activity statusActive

Population served182

Service connections70

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyGA state drinking water program

City served—

StateGeorgia

ZIP—

CountyEffingham County

How does Pecan Grove S/D compare with other water systems in Effingham County?

By EPA's size categories, Pecan Grove S/D is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Effingham County has 83 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 629 people per system, and accounts for 0.3% of the 52,235 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 Pecan Grove S/D 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 Pecan Grove S/D?

EPA lists Pecan Grove S/D 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. 71 of the 83 active systems in Effingham County (86%) are also privately owned.

Does Pecan Grove S/D 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 January 1999 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 7 as resolved and 2 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
2012-07-01	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Complete Failure to Report · code 71	Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000	No	Resolved
2010-11-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
2010-07-01	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Complete Failure to Report · code 71	Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000	No	Resolved
2009-07-01	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
2006-06-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Minor (TCR) · code 24	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
2003-10-01	Monitoring and reportingFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/R · code 52	Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000	No	Resolved
1999-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved

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.

Pecan Grove S/D: frequently asked questions

Who runs Pecan Grove S/D?

Pecan Grove S/D (PWSID GA1030018) is a community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the GA state drinking water program.

How many people does Pecan Grove S/D serve?

Pecan Grove S/D reports serving 182 people through 70 service connections in Effingham County, Georgia.

Where does Pecan Grove S/D 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 Pecan Grove S/D 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 Pecan Grove S/D'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 the system's annual water quality report, EPA ECHO, or the GA state drinking water program.

Where can I find Pecan Grove S/D's water quality report?

As a community water system, Pecan Grove S/D 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 Effingham County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Rincon Water System	Effingham	16,654	Community	Purchased surface water
Effingham County Surface Water System	Effingham	12,293	Community	Purchased surface water
Springfield	Effingham	3,100	Community	Groundwater
Guyton	Effingham	2,394	Community	Groundwater
Westwood Heights Subdivision	Effingham	1,370	Community	Groundwater
Azalea Point	Effingham	1,037	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, “Pecan Grove S/D, PWSID GA1030018, Georgia”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/georgia/pecan-grove-s-d-ga1030018 (data as of October 1, 2026).