Cape Hardwicke/Ft. Mcallister/Kinsale/Re, GA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
Who runs the water here
Cape Hardwicke/Ft. Mcallister/Kinsale/Re serves about 861 people through 319 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Bryan County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA0290008; phone on file: 912-352-9339. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
That is down 1.1 ppb from 1.1 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Cape Hardwicke/Ft. Mcallister/Kinsale/Re is 1.1 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 1.1 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. Cape Hardwicke/Ft. Mcallister/Kinsale/Re's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 37th percentile in Georgia and the 26th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
43 other systems share Bryan County; 23 of them have a higher latest lead result than Cape Hardwicke/Ft. Mcallister/Kinsale/Re. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Richmond Hill | 16,068 | 1.1 ppb |
| South Atlantic Utilities-Bryan County(S) | 3,553 | 1 ppb |
| Pembroke Water System | 3,402 | 7.3 ppb |
| Henderson Park | 2,962 | 0 (not detected) |
| Strathy Hall Subdivision | 1,185 | 1.2 ppb |
| Bryan County Water System | 1,111 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cranston Bluff-Waterford Landing | 975 | 2.1 ppb |
| Oak Level Road Water System | 932 | 0 (not detected) |
| Magnolia Creek Plantation/Tayor Place | 589 | 8.9 ppb |
| Black Creek Golf-Brewton Acres | 541 | 0.7 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Cape Hardwicke/Ft. Mcallister/Kinsale/Re'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 Cape Hardwicke/Ft. Mcallister/Kinsale/Re 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.