Effingham County supplies drinking water from two different sources: groundwater wells that pull water from the Upper Floridan Aquifer, and treated surface water purchased from the City of Savannah.  For the majority of the south portion 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 daily 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.

Effingham County also has a Wastewater Reclamation Facility that is a non-discharging treatment plant.  The non-discharge is just as it sounds - it does not discharge any treated water into the 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 State-Certified Operators to make sure that it is up to the standards given to the facility by the State's Environmental Protection Division, and reports are turned into them on a monthly basis.

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