ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLIANCE ORDER: 12/10/2025
Docket No. SDWA-04-2026-5023
This Administrative Compliance Order is issued to Upton Junction Phase 11 Public Water System pursuant to the authority vested in the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency by Section 1414(g) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C 300g-3(g).
Respondent owns and operates the Upton Junction Phase 11 public water system, located in Douglas, Coffee County, Georgia, PWS ID No. GA0690083. Upton Junction Phase 11 provides water for human consumption to a population of approximately 185 persons. Respondents PWS provides piped water for human consumption and regularly serves at least 15 service connections and/or at least 25 residents and is therefore a public water system as defined by Section 1401(4) of the SDWA, 42 U.S.C. 300f(4), and 40 C.F.R. 141.2, and is also a community water system as defined by Section 1401(15) of the SDWA, 42 U.S.C. 300f(15), and 40 C.F.R. 141.2.
The System failed to develop and submit its required initial service line inventory to the State by the October 16, 2024, deadline.
The System failed to provide Tier 2 Public Notification to the persons it serves, as required by 40 C.F.R. Part 141, Subpart Q.
The System has failed to inform all persons served at the service connection that the service line is known to, or has the potential of, containing lead, or such notification has failed to meet the timing, content, or delivery requirements,