Birchmore Hills Subdivision, GA
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (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.
Birchmore Hills Subdivision at a glance
Birchmore Hills Subdivision serves about 79 people through 31 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Oconee County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA2190023. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Every lead result on file
That is up 2 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Birchmore Hills Subdivision is 35.9 ppb across 10 monitoring periods, 4 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 ppb |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 4.2 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2022 | 18 ppb over 15 |
| 2021 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 24 ppb over 15 |
| 2018 | 35.9 ppb over 15 |
| 2018 | 23 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. Birchmore Hills Subdivision's 2 ppb sits at the 74th percentile in Georgia and the 70th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Oconee County
26 other systems share Oconee County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Birchmore Hills Subdivision. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Oconee County | 30,162 | 0 (not detected) |
| Port Bass I (Sc3750002) | 681 | 0 (not detected) |
| Brookwood Estates Subdivision | 602 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fieldstone/Canyon Creek Sd | 367 | 4.6 ppb |
| Timber Lake I (Sc3750006) | 283 | 0 (not detected) |
| Northwest Woods Subdivision | 238 | 2 ppb |
| Woodlands Subdivision/Oconee Village Apt | 234 | 2.4 ppb |
| Fernwood Subdivision | 218 | 1.2 ppb |
| Port Bass Ii (Sc3750012) | 165 | 0 (not detected) |
| Elder Heights Subdivision | 154 | 5.9 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Atlanta, 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 Birchmore Hills Subdivision 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.