Bainbridge, GA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.2 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
Bainbridge at a glance
Bainbridge serves about 14,500 people through 5,482 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Decatur County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA0870001; phone on file: 229-248-2014. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Bainbridge's lead record
That is down 4 ppb from 5.2 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bainbridge is 5.2 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2022 | 5.2 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Bainbridge's 1.2 ppb sits at the 61st percentile in Georgia and the 59th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
9 other systems share Decatur County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Bainbridge. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Aryola Bainbridge | 124 | 0 (not detected) |
| Meadowbrook Subdivision | 68 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wright`S Trailer Park | 51 | 2.2 ppb |
Next steps for Bainbridge, GA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Bainbridge, 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 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.