Drinking water stations with addresses in Alto and their reported violations in the past:
BANKS CO - MOUNTAIN CREEK (Population served: 4160, Surface_water):
Past monitoring violations:
- Initial Tap Sampling for Pb and Cu - Between JUL-01-1998 and OCT-05-2000, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (APR-14-1999), St Compliance achieved (OCT-05-2000)
- Initial Tap Sampling for Pb and Cu - Between JAN-01-1998 and OCT-05-2000, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (OCT-05-2000), St Public Notif requested (JUL-09-2003), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JUL-09-2003)
- 4 minor monitoring violations
ALTO (Population served: 2500, Purch_surface_water):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In NOV-2002, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (DEC-19-2002), St Violation/Reminder Notice (DEC-19-2002), St Public Notif received (JAN-27-2003)
Past monitoring violations:
- Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - In SEP-2005, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (OCT-21-2005), St Violation/Reminder Notice (OCT-21-2005), St Public Notif received (DEC-05-2005)
- CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-01-2000 and OCT-06-2000, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (OCT-06-2000), St Violation/Reminder Notice (OCT-13-2000)
- 2 minor monitoring violations
Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
| This town: |  15.6% | | Whole state: |  13.0% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
| This town: | 8.4% | | Whole state: | 6.1% |
Alto compared to Georgia state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value below state average.
- Unemployed percentage below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage above state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Streets and Highways |
0 | $0 | | 2 | $302 |
| Other Government Administration |
0 | $0 | | 7 | $396 |
| Financial Administration |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $245 |
| Water Supply |
1 | $1,171 | $14,052 | 1 | $170 |
| Solid Waste Management |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $129 |
| Totals for Government |
1 | $1,171 | $14,052 | 12 | $1,242 |
Alto government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $99,000
Solid Waste Management: $21,000
- Construction - Water Utilities: $13,000
General Public Buildings: $12,000
Sewerage: $9,000
- Current Operations - Water Utilities: $114,000
Sewerage: $76,000
Central Staff Services: $62,000
Regular Highways: $25,000
Solid Waste Management: $23,000
Financial Administration: $10,000
General - Other: $5,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $4,000
General Public Buildings: $4,000
Parks & Recreation: $2,000
Health Services - Other: $1,000
- Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Solid Waste Management: $12,000
- Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $54,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $447,000
- Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Water Utilities: $42,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $489,000
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $27,000
Rents: $4,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $629,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $148,000
- Tax - Property: $36,000
Other Selective Sales: $32,000
Public Utilities: $22,000
NEC: $5,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $98,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $22,000
11.24% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($31,091 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 11.24% | | Georgia average: | 10.98% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
10.11% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($27,148 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 10.11% | | Georgia average: | 9.55% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Alto:
- WDUN (550 AM; 10 kW; GAINESVILLE, GA; Owner: JWJ PROPERTIRS, INC.)
- WCON (1450 AM; 1 kW; CORNELIA, GA; Owner: HABERSHAM BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WLBA (1130 AM; daytime; 10 kW; GAINESVILLE, GA)
- WCNN (680 AM; 50 kW; NORTH ATLANTA, GA; Owner: DICKEY BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WSB (750 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WGST (640 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- WLFJ (660 AM; daytime; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WLET (1420 AM; 5 kW; TOCCOA, GA; Owner: TOCCOA FALLS COLLEGE)
- WJJC (1270 AM; 5 kW; COMMERCE, GA; Owner: BANKS-JACKSON BROADCASTING)
- WGUN (1010 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: WGUN, INC.)
- WDGR (1210 AM; daytime; 10 kW; DAHLONEGA, GA; Owner: SMALL TOWN RADIO OF GEORGIA, INC.)
- WQXI (790 AM; 28 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY OF GEORGIA)
- WFTD (1080 AM; daytime; 50 kW; MARIETTA, GA; Owner: PRIETO ENTERPRISES, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Alto:
- WNGC (106.1 FM; TOCCOA, GA; Owner: SOUTHERN BROADCASTING OF PENSACOLA, INC)
- WCON-FM (99.3 FM; CORNELIA, GA; Owner: HABERSHAM BROADCASTING CO.)
- WPPR (88.3 FM; DEMOREST, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)
- WAZX-FM (101.9 FM; CLEVELAND, GA; Owner: WAZX-FM, INC)
- WMJE (102.9 FM; CLARKESVILLE, GA; Owner: JWJ PROPERTIES, INC.)
- WFOX (97.1 FM; GAINESVILLE, GA; Owner: COX RADIO, INC.)
- WBTS (95.5 FM; ATHENS, GA; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WYAY (106.7 FM; GAINESVILLE, GA; Owner: ABC, INC.)
- WFQS (91.3 FM; FRANKLIN, NC; Owner: WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIO)
- WRAF (90.9 FM; TOCCOA FALLS, GA; Owner: TOCCOA FALLS COLLEGE)
- WRBN (104.1 FM; CLAYTON, GA; Owner: SUTTON RADIOCASTING CORPORATION)
- WHEL (105.1 FM; HELEN, GA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- WFSH-FM (104.7 FM; ATHENS, GA; Owner: SOUTH TEXAS BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WBCX (89.1 FM; GAINESVILLE, GA; Owner: BRENAU COLLEGE)
- WCVP-FM (95.9 FM; ROBBINSVILLE, NC; Owner: CHEROKEE BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- WTFH (89.9 FM; HELEN, GA; Owner: TOCCOA FALLS COLLEGE)
- W269AY (101.7 FM; HIGHLANDS, NC; Owner: WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIO)
- WHZT (98.1 FM; SENECA, SC; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WWEV-FM (91.5 FM; CUMMING, GA; Owner: CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION)
- WNGU (89.5 FM; DAHLONEGA, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)
TV broadcast stations around Alto:
- W50AB (Channel 50; HIAWASSEE, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)
- WNEG-TV (Channel 32; TOCCOA, GA; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL BROADCASTING OF SO. CAROLINA HOLDINGS, INC.)
- W22AC (Channel 22; HARTWELL & ROYSTON, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)
Alto fatal accident list for 2001:
Mar 13, 2001 03:05 AM, 28, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
Alto fatal accident list for 1995:
Nov 15, 1995 11:40 AM, 141, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1
Alto fatal accident list for 1991:
Apr 20, 1991 04:05 AM, 141, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 2, Drunken drivers: 1
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