# Consolidation candidate screening — Georgia water systems

URL: https://municorn.us/consolidation/georgia-water-systems/

> **Cite as:** Municorn.us, "Consolidation candidate screening — Georgia water systems", Municorn water loss index, https://municorn.us/consolidation/georgia-water-systems/ (source filings retrieved 2026-09-12).
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> **Caveat that must travel with these figures:** "Water loss" is at least three different quantities depending on the jurisdiction, and nothing here supports a comparison between states.

Which Georgia water systems border which, from EPA's own service area boundary layer, and what the
published figures say across each border. **A screen, not a recommendation**: nothing here says two utilities
should merge and nothing here is a feasibility result.

## What "bordering" means

Two systems are listed as bordering when their service area outlines come within **1.11 km**
of each other. That is a proximity test and not a touch test, because the boundary layer is simplified by about
a kilometre at acquisition and simplification moves vertices — an exact touch test on these bytes would be a
question about our own simplification rather than about the world. It is not a statement that two systems share
a pipe or an interconnection: nothing in this corpus knows about pipes.

## How EPA got these shapes

| Boundary basis | Systems | With a neighbour | Mean neighbours |
|---|---:|---:|---:|
| modelled | 183 | 136 (74%) | 2.04 |
| unstated | 41 | 35 (85%) | 6.49 |
| published | 28 | 28 (100%) | 6.11 |

A modelled boundary does not merely carry more uncertainty here — it produces fewer neighbours. This state's 183 modelled service areas average 2.04 neighbours each and 74% of them have any at all, against 6.11 and 100% for the 28 boundaries a state agency, a utility or a county published. EPA's model draws a compact area around where it infers the customers are, and compact areas do not abut. So in this state a missing edge is weak evidence that there is no border, and this screen is incomplete in a direction that can be measured rather than only admitted.

## The pairs

634 bordering pairs. Ordered by how many times larger one side is than the other, and by nothing else — a composite score over size, loss and compliance would be a judgement about how much one is worth against another, and this corpus has none to offer.

**Computed over EPA's whole national layer, before any filter to this site.** 634 borders reach
this state's drawn systems: 457 of them name a system this site publishes no page for, and 17
cross a state line. Until #180 neither kind existed here, because the borders were computed on the map's own
per-state, corpus-filtered extract. A row with an unknown side carries EPA's name for it, its primacy agency
and how EPA got its boundary, and nothing else — no loss, no size, no rates — and it sorts below every row
this site can describe.

**A cross-state pair may not have its loss figures compared, and this page does not compare them.** Crossing a
state line means crossing a primacy agency, and "water loss" is at least three different quantities across the
regulators in this corpus. The loss gap on such a row reads "not comparable", which is a statement about the
two regulators rather than about the two utilities.

| Primacy agency | Endpoints on a cross-state edge | Modelled |
|---|---:|---:|
| GA | 17 | 12 (71%) |
| AL | 6 | 5 (83%) |
| TN | 6 | 0 (0%) |
| SC | 3 | 3 (100%) |
| LA | 2 | 0 (0%) |

The modelled share is a fact about each state rather than a national average, so an edge basis is doing more
work on a cross-state row than on any other: its two endpoints are drawn from two different modelled
populations.


| The larger | People | Loss | The smaller | People | Loss | Size ratio | Loss gap | Together | Edge |
|---|---:|---:|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---|
| Atlanta | 1,200,000 | 36.5% | Palmetto | 4,718 | 26.6% | 254.3× | 9.9 pp | 1,204,718 | basis unstated |
| Atlanta | 1,200,000 | 36.5% | Hapeville | 6,500 | 10.0% | 184.6× | 26.6 pp | 1,206,500 | modelled |
| Gwinnett County Dwr | 1,011,157 | 9.6% | Buford | 8,482 | 19.3% | 119.2× | 9.7 pp | 1,019,639 | one modelled |
| Atlanta | 1,200,000 | 36.5% | College Park | 14,000 | 25.1% | 85.7× | 11.5 pp | 1,214,000 | basis unstated |
| Atlanta | 1,200,000 | 36.5% | Fairburn | 17,267 | 7.9% | 69.5× | 28.6 pp | 1,217,267 | modelled |
| Cobb County Water System (cobb County - Marietta Water Authority) | 533,000 | 9.8% | Austell | 7,800 | 23.0% | 68.3× | 13.2 pp | 540,800 | basis unstated |
| Columbus | 262,581 | 24.4% | Talbot County | 3,879 | 33.1% | 67.7× | 8.7 pp | 266,460 | modelled |
| Atlanta | 1,200,000 | 36.5% | Roswell | 18,500 | 23.6% | 64.9× | 13 pp | 1,218,500 | modelled |
| Cherokee County Water And Sewerage | 220,000 | 16.4% | Waleska | 4,657 | 16.7% | 47.2× | 0.3 pp | 224,657 | basis unstated |
| Clayton County | 297,400 | 14.6% | Hapeville | 6,500 | 10.0% | 45.8× | 4.7 pp | 303,900 | modelled |
| Atlanta | 1,200,000 | 36.5% | Union City | 27,359 | 24.3% | 43.9× | 12.3 pp | 1,227,359 | modelled |
| Augusta | 206,000 | 34.1% | Hephzibah | 4,741 | 31.2% | 43.5× | 3 pp | 210,741 | modelled |
| Henry County | 264,000 | 12.8% | McDonough | 6,200 | 28.2% | 42.6× | 15.4 pp | 270,200 | modelled |
| Clayton County | 297,400 | 14.6% | Stockbridge | 7,195 | 34.7% | 41.3× | 20 pp | 304,595 | modelled |
| Henry County | 264,000 | 12.8% | Stockbridge | 7,195 | 34.7% | 36.7× | 21.9 pp | 271,195 | modelled |
| Henry County | 264,000 | 12.8% | Hampton | 7,305 | 33.1% | 36.1× | 20.3 pp | 271,305 | basis unstated |
| Atlanta | 1,200,000 | 36.5% | East Point | 34,000 | 3.5% | 35.3× | 33 pp | 1,234,000 | one modelled |
| Gwinnett County Dwr | 1,011,157 | 9.6% | Lawrenceville | 29,795 | 10.7% | 33.9× | 1.1 pp | 1,040,952 | one modelled |
| Cherokee County Water And Sewerage | 220,000 | 16.4% | Pickens County | 7,153 | 31.1% | 30.8× | 14.8 pp | 227,153 | modelled |
| Cobb County Water System (cobb County - Marietta Water Authority) | 533,000 | 9.8% | Roswell | 18,500 | 23.6% | 28.8× | 13.8 pp | 551,500 | modelled |
| Albany | 92,208 | 23.0% | Usmc-logistics Base Albany | 3,426 | 14.4% | 26.9× | 8.7 pp | 95,634 | modelled |
| Gainesville | 208,906 | 9.8% | Buford | 8,482 | 19.3% | 24.6× | 9.6 pp | 217,388 | both published |
| Floyd County | 98,977 | 29.8% | Cave Spring | 4,154 | 65.0% | 23.8× | 35.2 pp | 103,131 | modelled |
| Henry County | 264,000 | 12.8% | Locust Grove | 11,199 | 4.4% | 23.6× | 8.4 pp | 275,199 | modelled |
| Gwinnett County Dwr | 1,011,157 | 9.6% | Walton County | 47,060 | 36.1% | 21.5× | 26.5 pp | 1,058,217 | modelled |
| Savannah - Savannah Main | 153,355 | 18.1% | Glen Of Robin Hood | 7,158 | 24.2% | 21.4× | 6.1 pp | 160,513 | modelled |
| Clayton County | 297,400 | 14.6% | College Park | 14,000 | 25.1% | 21.2× | 10.4 pp | 311,400 | basis unstated |
| Savannah - Savannah Main | 153,355 | 18.1% | Usa-hunter Army Airfield Main | 7,500 | 30.2% | 20.4× | 12 pp | 160,855 | modelled |
| Coweta County Water & Sewerage | 93,891 | 16.2% | Palmetto | 4,718 | 26.6% | 19.9× | 10.4 pp | 98,609 | basis unstated |
| Douglasville-douglas County Wsa | 151,887 | 16.1% | Austell | 7,800 | 23.0% | 19.5× | 6.9 pp | 159,687 | one modelled |
| Macon | 157,300 | 23.3% | South Monroe County | 8,403 | 23.3% | 18.7× | 0 pp | 165,703 | modelled |
| Cobb County Water System (cobb County - Marietta Water Authority) | 533,000 | 9.8% | Woodstock | 30,000 | 19.7% | 17.8× | 9.9 pp | 563,000 | basis unstated |
| North Fulton County | 315,000 | 2.4% | Roswell | 18,500 | 23.6% | 17× | 21.2 pp | 333,500 | modelled |
| Gainesville | 208,906 | 9.8% | Braselton | 12,371 | 10.9% | 16.9× | 1.1 pp | 221,277 | both published |
| Houston County - Feagin Mill | 163,000 | 35.8% | Byron | 9,763 | 34.3% | 16.7× | 1.5 pp | 172,763 | modelled |
| Brunswick-glynn Joint | 52,779 | 28.4% | Glynn County - South Main Land | 3,420 | 15.2% | 15.4× | 13.2 pp | 56,199 | basis unstated |
| Savannah - Savannah Main | 153,355 | 18.1% | Garden City | 10,569 | 20.5% | 14.5× | 2.4 pp | 163,924 | modelled |
| Houston County - Feagin Mill | 163,000 | 35.8% | Centerville | 12,074 | 39.8% | 13.5× | 4 pp | 175,074 | modelled |
| Paulding County | 189,000 | 39.1% | Dallas | 14,000 | 37.2% | 13.5× | 1.8 pp | 203,000 | modelled |
| Dalton | 104,000 | 38.7% | Catoosa Utility District | 7,800 | 18.6% | 13.3× | 20.2 pp | 111,800 | modelled |
| Pooler | 34,000 | 10.8% | Savannah - Savannah Qtrs | 2,587 | 21.4% | 13.1× | 10.6 pp | 36,587 | modelled |
| Atlanta | 1,200,000 | 36.5% | Coweta County Water & Sewerage | 93,891 | 16.2% | 12.8× | 20.3 pp | 1,293,891 | basis unstated |
| Macon | 157,300 | 23.3% | Jones County | 12,480 | 46.7% | 12.6× | 23.3 pp | 169,780 | modelled |
| Savannah - Savannah Main | 153,355 | 18.1% | Effingham County Surface | 12,293 | 7.7% | 12.5× | 10.4 pp | 165,648 | modelled |
| Coweta County Water & Sewerage | 93,891 | 16.2% | Senoia | 7,528 | 5.8% | 12.5× | 10.5 pp | 101,419 | modelled |
| Augusta | 206,000 | 34.1% | Grovetown | 18,000 | 16.6% | 11.4× | 17.5 pp | 224,000 | modelled |
| Paulding County | 189,000 | 39.1% | Haralson County | 18,000 | 38.8% | 10.5× | 0.3 pp | 207,000 | modelled |
| Gwinnett County Dwr | 1,011,157 | 9.6% | Rockdale Water Resources | 98,360 | 30.2% | 10.3× | 20.6 pp | 1,109,517 | basis unstated |
| Fayette County | 77,051 | 7.0% | Senoia | 7,528 | 5.8% | 10.2× | 1.3 pp | 84,579 | modelled |
| Columbus | 262,581 | 24.4% | Harris County | 26,738 | 12.7% | 9.82× | 11.7 pp | 289,319 | modelled |
| Bartow County | 71,653 | 34.7% | Adairsville | 7,400 | 11.1% | 9.68× | 23.6 pp | 79,053 | modelled |
| Warner Robins | 89,009 | 32.4% | Byron | 9,763 | 34.3% | 9.12× | 2 pp | 98,772 | modelled |
| Cobb County Water System (cobb County - Marietta Water Authority) | 533,000 | 9.8% | Marietta | 60,100 | 4.4% | 8.87× | 5.3 pp | 593,100 | basis unstated |
| Cobb County Water System (cobb County - Marietta Water Authority) | 533,000 | 9.8% | Smyrna Water/ | 62,000 | 2.4% | 8.6× | 7.4 pp | 595,000 | modelled |
| Brunswick-glynn Joint Water Sewer Commission-st. Simons Island | 29,277 | 22.7% | Glynn County - South Main Land | 3,420 | 15.2% | 8.56× | 7.5 pp | 32,697 | basis unstated |
| Cherokee County Water And Sewerage | 220,000 | 16.4% | Canton | 27,048 | 24.0% | 8.13× | 7.6 pp | 247,048 | basis unstated |
| Columbia County Water | 144,555 | 15.3% | Grovetown | 18,000 | 16.6% | 8.03× | 1.3 pp | 162,555 | modelled |
| Gainesville | 208,906 | 9.8% | Etowah | 26,106 | 20.6% | 8× | 10.8 pp | 235,012 | modelled |
| Atlanta | 1,200,000 | 36.5% | Douglasville-douglas County Wsa | 151,887 | 16.1% | 7.9× | 20.4 pp | 1,351,887 | one modelled |
| Dekalb County | 770,307 | 30.8% | Rockdale Water Resources | 98,360 | 30.2% | 7.83× | 0.6 pp | 868,667 | basis unstated |


## Borders to systems this site has no page for

**457 of these 634 borders** reach a system this site publishes nothing about. They are
listed separately because the ordering above ranks candidates and a row with one unknown side cannot be ranked
— not because the border is less real. EPA drew both shapes; this corpus holds a filing for one of them. Every
cell about the other side is absent on purpose: this site does not know that system's water loss, its size, its
rates or its compliance record.

| System with a filing here | Its loss | The bordering system | Regulated by | Its boundary | Edge |
|---|---:|---|---|---|---|
| Adel | 22.2% | SPARKS | GA | modelled | modelled |
| Albany | 23.0% | NORTH DOUBLEGATE WATER SYSTEM | GA | modelled | modelled |
| Albany | 23.0% | WINDSOR SUBDIVISION | GA | modelled | modelled |
| Americus | 10.1% | SOUTHERN HILLS MHP | GA | modelled | modelled |
| Ashburn | 55.6% | SYCAMORE | GA | modelled | modelled |
| Ashburn | 55.6% | JIM-N-I | GA | modelled | modelled |
| Athens-clarke County Public | 12.6% | COUNTRY CORNERS MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY | GA | modelled | modelled |
| Athens-clarke County Public | 12.6% | SANDY SPRINGS SUBDIVISION | GA | modelled | modelled |
| Athens-clarke County Public | 12.6% | PINEWOOD ESTATES NORTH | GA | modelled | modelled |
| Athens-clarke County Public | 12.6% | FOWLER`S MILL SUBDIVISION | GA | modelled | modelled |
| Athens-clarke County Public | 12.6% | CRESTMONT FARMS SUBDIVISION | GA | modelled | modelled |
| Athens-clarke County Public | 12.6% | CHARCLAR SUBDIVISION | GA | modelled | modelled |
| Athens-clarke County Public | 12.6% | BROWN BROTHERS FARM SUBDIVISION | GA | modelled | modelled |
| Athens-clarke County Public | 12.6% | WESTBROOK / NORWOOD VILLAGE S/D | GA | modelled | modelled |
| Athens-clarke County Public | 12.6% | W & R FARMS MOBILE HOME PARK | GA | modelled | modelled |
| Athens-clarke County Public | 12.6% | DEERWOOD ESTATES SUBDIVISION | GA | modelled | modelled |
| Athens-clarke County Public | 12.6% | OAK GROVE SUBDIVISION | GA | modelled | modelled |
| Athens-clarke County Public | 12.6% | BARNETTS BLUFF | GA | modelled | modelled |
| Athens-clarke County Public | 12.6% | OLD MILL CHASE SUBDIVISION | GA | modelled | modelled |
| Athens-clarke County Public | 12.6% | MEYER`S LAKE SUBDIVISION | GA | modelled | modelled |
| Athens-clarke County Public | 12.6% | SULFUR SPRINGS COMMUNITY PWS | GA | modelled | modelled |
| Athens-clarke County Public | 12.6% | WINTHORPE / PECAN RIDGE SUBDIVISION | GA | modelled | modelled |
| Athens-clarke County Public | 12.6% | THE BRIDGES SUBDIVISION | GA | modelled | modelled |
| Atlanta | 36.5% | SOUTH OAKS MOBILE HOME PARK | GA | modelled | modelled |
| Atlanta | 36.5% | DIX LEE`ON ESTATES | GA | modelled | modelled |
| Atlanta | 36.5% | NEWTON PLANTATION | GA | modelled | modelled |
| Atlanta | 36.5% | FOUR SEASONS MOBILE HOME PARK | GA | modelled | modelled |
| Atlanta | 36.5% | LONG`S MOBILE HOME PARK | GA | modelled | modelled |
| Augusta | 34.1% | MARTINEZ WATER ASSOC. | GA | modelled | modelled |
| Augusta | 34.1% | WINDY ACRES MOBILE HOME PARK | GA | modelled | modelled |
| Augusta | 34.1% | REASONABLE LIVING | GA | modelled | modelled |
| Augusta | 34.1% | NORTH AUGUSTA CITY OF (SC0210003) | SC (across a state line) | modelled | modelled |
| Augusta | 34.1% | BEECH ISLAND W/D (SC0220004) | SC (across a state line) | modelled | modelled |
| Baldwin | 56.1% | APPLE PIE RIDGE SUBDIVISION | GA | modelled | modelled |
| Baldwin | 56.1% | ALTO | GA | modelled | modelled |
| Baldwin | 56.1% | VILLAGE MOBILE HOME PARK | GA | modelled | modelled |
| Baldwin County | 33.9% | ISLAND CREEK / GLENWOOD SUBDIVISION | GA | modelled | modelled |
| Baldwin County | 33.9% | SCENIC SHORES SUBDIVISION | GA | modelled | modelled |
| Baldwin County | 33.9% | IVEY | GA | modelled | modelled |
| Banks County | 16.5% | APPLE PIE RIDGE SUBDIVISION | GA | modelled | modelled |

## What "together" can and cannot mean

**People and connections add. Prices do not.** A combined rate is not the average of two rates, and a combined
cost of service cannot be computed from two sets of filed figures without the cost allocation neither utility
publishes. That is why there is a combined population column and no combined rate column.

The loss gap is in percentage points between two filed figures for the years each system last filed, which are
not necessarily the same year.

Source: US EPA community water system service area boundaries, retrieved 2026-09-09; adjacency
derived 2026-09-12 at a 1.11 km tolerance.