Blythe, GA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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.
Blythe at a glance
Blythe serves about 1,482 people through 435 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 Richmond County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA2450001; phone on file: 706-592-6255. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Blythe's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Blythe is 0 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
How Blythe compares
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. Blythe's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 39th percentile in Georgia and the 29th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
3 other systems share Richmond County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Blythe. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Augusta-Richmond Co Ws | 204,000 | 1.4 ppb |
| Hephzibah | 6,941 | 0 (not detected) |
| Reasonable Living | 194 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Blythe, GA
Look up your address in Blythe'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 Blythe 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.