Aryola Bainbridge, GA
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2022-2024). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Aryola Bainbridge at a glance
Aryola Bainbridge serves about 124 people through 47 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Decatur County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA0870007; phone on file: 229-221-5244. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Aryola Bainbridge's lead record
That is down 3.5 ppb from 3.5 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Aryola Bainbridge is 15.9 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 3.5 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.2 ppb |
| 2019 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2019 | 15.9 ppb over 15 |
Against other Georgia systems
Of the 1,681 Georgia systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0.68 ppb; 15 are over 15 ppb right now and 131 have gone over at some point. Aryola Bainbridge's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 19th percentile in Georgia and the 11th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
9 other systems share Decatur County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Aryola Bainbridge. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Bainbridge | 14,500 | 1.2 ppb |
| Decatur County Industrial Park | 1,100 | 2 ppb |
| Attapulgus | 750 | 0 (not detected) |
| Climax | 397 | 1.25 ppb |
| Brinson | 281 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fay Drive Bainbridge | 260 | 0 (not detected) |
| Federated Trust Subdivision Water Sys. | 130 | 18.5 ppb |
| Meadowbrook Subdivision | 68 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wright`S Trailer Park | 51 | 2.2 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Thomasville, GA may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Aryola Bainbridge whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.