Coachwood Estates, GA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.3 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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.
Coachwood Estates at a glance
Coachwood Estates serves about 83 people through 32 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Effingham County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA1030092; phone on file: 912-352-9339. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Coachwood Estates's lead record
That is up 1.3 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2018. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Coachwood Estates is 1.3 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
How Coachwood Estates 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. Coachwood Estates's 1.3 ppb sits at the 61st percentile in Georgia and the 60th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Effingham County
68 other systems share Effingham County; 10 of them have a higher latest lead result than Coachwood Estates. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Rincon Water System | 16,654 | 1 ppb |
| Effingham County Surface Water System | 12,293 | 1.2 ppb |
| Springfield | 3,100 | 3.9 ppb |
| Guyton | 2,394 | 0 (not detected) |
| Westwood Heights Subdivision | 1,370 | 0 (not detected) |
| Azalea Point | 1,037 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lakeside Farms / Bloomingdale | 993 | 0 (not detected) |
| Conifer Crossing/Pine Hill | 759 | 0 (not detected) |
| Foxbow Farms | 723 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hickory Knob Subdivision | 671 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
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 Coachwood Estates 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.