Bonaparte`S Retreat, Inc., 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.
Bonaparte`S Retreat, Inc. at a glance
Bonaparte`S Retreat, Inc. serves about 554 people through 205 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Quitman County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA2390001; phone on file: 229-894-8333. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2025 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bonaparte`S Retreat, Inc. is 15.2 ppb across 10 monitoring periods, 2 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 15.2 ppb over 15 |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 15.2 ppb over 15 |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 2.9 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. Bonaparte`S Retreat, Inc.'s reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 35th percentile in Georgia and the 23rd 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 Quitman County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Bonaparte`S Retreat, Inc.. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Quitman Water & Sewer Auth. | 1,040 | 0.27 ppb |
| Georgetown | 999 | 0 (not detected) |
| Chattahoochee Plantation Ests. | 472 | 0.7 ppb |
| Bcb Waterworks | 392 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Georgetown, 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 Bonaparte`S Retreat, Inc. 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. More in what a past exceedance means today.