Ball Ground, GA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2024-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Who runs the water here
Ball Ground serves about 2,470 people through 950 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Cherokee County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA0570000; phone on file: 770-735-2123. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Ball Ground's lead record
That is down 1.4 ppb from 1.4 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ball Ground is 1.4 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 1.4 ppb |
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. Ball Ground's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 40th percentile in Georgia and the 32nd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Cherokee County
8 other systems share Cherokee County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Ball Ground. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Cherokee County | 224,427 | 1.1 ppb |
| Woodstock | 19,742 | 1.2 ppb |
| Canton | 16,375 | 0 (not detected) |
| Waleska | 4,657 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lake Arrowhead Subdivision | 4,617 | 1.5 ppb |
| Cherokee County-Salacoa Area | 465 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hembree Water | 270 | - |
| Murphy Mhp | 51 | 6 ppb |
Next steps for Ball Ground, GA
Look up your address in Ball Ground's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Ball Ground 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.