Effingham County supplies drinking water from two different sources: groundwater wells that withdraw from the Upper Floridan Aquifer, and treated surface water purchased from the City of Savannah.  For the majority of the system, water is piped into the county from the Savannah I & D plant.  Several small outlying developments are supplied by groundwater well systems.  All potable water is tested for quality on a routine basis by Effingham County staff, all of which are State-Certified Operators.  A report of this quality testing is sent to the State's Environmental Protection Division on a monthly basis.  You can access our Permits and annual Consumer Confidence Reports under Documents on the right side of this page.

Effingham County also has a Wastewater Reclamation Facility that is a non-discharging, tertiary treatment plant.  Non-discharging means it does not discharge any treated water into rivers, streams, lakes or canals.  Instead, this water is returned to customers to be re-used for irrigation and industrial purposes.  It is not to be used for children's sprinklers or wading pools, nor for swimming pools or watering animals.  The re-use water is constantly monitored by our State-Certified Operators to make sure that it meets the standards given to the facility by the State's Environmental Protection Division, and reports are turned into them on a monthly basis.  More information on re-use water is available via the links on the left side of this page.

Access a map of the Effingham County water, sewer, and reuse system HERE.