Environmental Health - Non-Public Well Program

Waterborne Disease and Outbreak Investigation

The detection and reporting of waterborne disease outbreaks are crucial precursors to the overall goal of preventing waterborne illness. The failure to detect, investigate, and report waterborne illness clusters is a major barrier to the successful surveillance of waterborne disease outbreaks in Georgia. Georgia's Non-Public Well Program works with DPH Offices of Environmental Health and Epidemiology to provide assistance and technical guidance for waterborne disease outbreak investigations in various settings (restaurants, water wells, recreational swimming pools, untreated recreational water, institutional settings, etc).

Reporting Water Related Illness Complaints:

If you have a food or water related illness complaint, you can contact the local County Environmental Health. These complaints are reviewed for investigations and to identify potential clusters of illness. Complaint forms are sent by the County Health Department to the State Environmental Health Office via fax (404-657-6516) or online through the Digital Health Department's Illness Complaint Form.

Reporting Waterborne Diseases (clinically confirmed): 

Report any cluster of illness to the Office of Epidemiology, through their Notifiable Disease/Condition Reporting Form. 

Visit the Epidemiology Office's website for statistics and information on all of Georgia's reportable diseases.

Georgia Poison Center

In a Poison Emergency
Call 24-hours a day, 7 days a week

In Metro-Atlanta:
404.616.9000

Outside Metro-Atlanta:
1.800.222.1222

Teletype for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired ONLY:
404.616.9287 (TDD)