- EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found none.
Public EPA test results
What EPA records show for Newton CO. Water-Sewerage Auth
EPA GA2170004 · serves Covington, GA · about 74,364 people (EPA SDWIS)
This report shows EPA's federal records for this water system: UCMR 5 testing, lead testing and violations. It isn't a test of the water at your tap, and it has no Water Score.
Public EPA test results
Newton CO. Water-Sewerage Auth (EPA GA2170004)
What EPA records show for Newton CO. Water-Sewerage Auth, as of October 14, 2026
We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (GA2170004) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026.
Source: EPA ECHO record for Newton CO. Water-Sewerage Auth (SDWIS). Data as of October 14, 2026.
This system buys water from Newton County Water System (GA2170097) and Rockdale CO. Water System (GA2470000); see those systems' records.
Source: Newton County Water System (GA2170097) report, Rockdale CO. Water System (GA2470000) report. Data as of October 14, 2026.
EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found none.
PFOA and PFOS were not detected at or above EPA's reporting level in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
Source: EPA records (SDWIS, UCMR 5). SDWIS: data as of Oct 14, 2026. EPA UCMR 5 data, samples through June 2026.
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Does Newton CO. Water-Sewerage Auth use chloramine?
We didn't find chloramine in Newton CO. Water-Sewerage Auth's EPA treatment records. That's not a complete list; your utility's annual water quality report says which disinfectant it uses.
What EPA records show for this system
Reported results in EPA records (data as of Oct 14–15, 2026)