Forsyth County releases 2026 water quality report for residents

The water coming out of Forsyth County taps is once again under the microscope, and the county has put its 2026 Water Quality Report in residents’ hands well before the federal July 1 deadline.

The annual Consumer Confidence Report is the document that tells homeowners, renters and businesses where their water comes from, what is in it and how it compares with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and state standards. Forsyth County says the report is meant to translate a technical system into plain language, showing how the county monitors drinking water quality and delivers it through its water and sewer network.

That network is large enough to matter in everyday life. Forsyth County says its water and sewer system serves more than 70,000 customer accounts, delivers over 15 million gallons of water a day on average and moves that water through more than 1,100 miles of distribution pipelines. The department also maintains three elevated storage tanks, four ground storage tanks and two clearwells that hold a combined 34 million gallons.

For residents comparing this year’s report with last year’s, the most important benchmark remains reassuring: Forsyth County’s 2025 Water Quality Report said the water supplied in 2024 met all EPA and state drinking-water health standards. That means the county’s previous reporting year was in compliance with the rules that protect drinking water for cooking, bathing and daily household use.

The county has made the reports easy to find. They are included with mailed water and sewer bills, and paperless customers receive a link in their monthly invoice. Forsyth County also says residents can turn to additional information and an EPA drinking-water hotline if they want more detail about what the report contains or how the system is monitored.

The release also lands during a dry stretch for North Georgia. On April 27, 2026, the Georgia Environmental Protection Division declared a Level 1 Drought Response for all counties in the state, including Forsyth County, limiting outdoor watering to the hours between 4 p.m. and 10 a.m. That makes the county’s water-quality reporting and conservation rules part of the same conversation: how much water is available, when it can be used and how reliably it stays within health standards.

Forsyth County’s water department says its mission is to provide the county with the highest quality water and sewer service through progressive leadership and environmental stewardship. In a fast-growing county, the new report is both a routine compliance document and a public check on one of the most basic services residents use every day.