Cane Creek Meadows Subdivision, GA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.4 ppb (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. 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.
Cane Creek Meadows Subdivision at a glance
Cane Creek Meadows Subdivision serves about 107 people through 41 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Lumpkin County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA1870090; phone on file: 912-313-1977. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2023 (1.9 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Cane Creek Meadows Subdivision is 4.7 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2020 | 4.7 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.8 ppb |
How Cane Creek Meadows 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. Cane Creek Meadows Subdivision's 1.4 ppb sits at the 63rd percentile in Georgia and the 62nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Lumpkin County
32 other systems share Lumpkin County; 19 of them have a higher latest lead result than Cane Creek Meadows Subdivision. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Dahlonega | 7,500 | 1 ppb |
| Lumpkin Co. - 400 Water System | 2,379 | 1.3 ppb |
| Life Teen At Hidden Lake Water System | 390 | 0 (not detected) |
| Crawford Falls Subdivivision | 372 | 2.6 ppb |
| Brookwood & Cedar Springs Subdivisions | 334 | 1.9 ppb |
| Blueridge Overlook Subdivision | 332 | 0.6 ppb |
| Castleberry Ridge Subdivision | 248 | 2.7 ppb |
| Lumpkin Co. - Sherwood Forest Subd. | 208 | 7.1 ppb |
| Mill Creek Station | 205 | 5.4 ppb |
| Lumpkin Co. - Greenwood Park S/D | 190 | 4.6 ppb |
Next steps for Savannah, GA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Savannah, 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 Cane Creek Meadows 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.