Cherokee County-Salacoa Area, 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.
About Cherokee County-Salacoa Area
Cherokee County-Salacoa Area serves about 465 people through 183 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Cherokee County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA0570075; phone on file: 770-479-1813. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Cherokee County-Salacoa Area's lead record
That is down 4.3 ppb from 4.3 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Cherokee County-Salacoa Area is 4.3 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 4.3 ppb |
| 2019 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2016 | 0.8 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. Cherokee County-Salacoa Area's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 34th percentile in Georgia and the 22nd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
8 other systems share Cherokee County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Cherokee County-Salacoa Area. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Cherokee County | 224,427 | 1.1 ppb |
| Woodstock | 19,742 | 1.2 ppb |
| Canton | 16,375 | 0 (not detected) |
| Waleska | 4,657 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lake Arrowhead Subdivision | 4,617 | 1.5 ppb |
| Ball Ground | 2,470 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hembree Water | 270 | - |
| Murphy Mhp | 51 | 6 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Cherokee County-Salacoa Area'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 Cherokee County-Salacoa Area 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.