Athens Boat Club, GA
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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.
About Athens Boat Club
Athens Boat Club serves about 325 people through 128 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Dawson County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA0850012; phone on file: 678-977-2180. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is down 4.8 ppb from 4.8 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Athens Boat Club is 18 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, 2 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 4.8 ppb |
| 2024 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2024 | 18 ppb over 15 |
| 2023 | 6.3 ppb |
| 2022 | 4.7 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 16.5 ppb over 15 |
Where this result ranks
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. Athens Boat Club's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 31st percentile in Georgia and the 19th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
4 other systems share Dawson County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Athens Boat Club. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Etowah | 23,922 | 0 (not detected) |
| Dawsonville | 4,433 | 0 (not detected) |
| The Village At Paradise Valley | 195 | 0 (not detected) |
| Golden Ridge | 42 | 2.5 ppb |
Next steps for Dawsonville, GA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Dawsonville, 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 Athens Boat Club whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 2975 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. More in what a past exceedance means today.