Brown Brothers Farm Subdivision, GA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.8 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2023). 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.
Brown Brothers Farm Subdivision at a glance
Brown Brothers Farm Subdivision serves about 656 people through 243 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Madison County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA1950006. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Every lead result on file
That is up 2.6 ppb from 1.2 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Brown Brothers Farm Subdivision is 14 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.8 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2021 | 1 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2017 | 3 ppb |
| 2017 | 5.1 ppb |
| 2016 | 14 ppb over 10 |
How Brown Brothers Farm Subdivision 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. Brown Brothers Farm Subdivision's 3.8 ppb sits at the 87th percentile in Georgia and the 86th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
21 other systems share Madison County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Brown Brothers Farm Subdivision. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Madison County Water System | 4,663 | 3.5 ppb |
| Comer | 1,531 | 4.5 ppb |
| Colbert Water System | 1,374 | 13 ppb |
| Danielsville | 1,022 | 1.5 ppb |
| Ila | 532 | 0 (not detected) |
| Carlton | 419 | 3 ppb |
| Westbrook / Norwood Village S/D | 416 | 6.2 ppb |
| Apple Acres-Kingston-Gatewood | 308 | 0 (not detected) |
| Double A Farm & Livestock Llc | 300 | - |
| Harrison Militia District | 283 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Eatonton, 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 Brown Brothers Farm Subdivision whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 4900 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.