Colbert Water System, GA
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 13 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
About Colbert Water System
Colbert Water System serves about 1,374 people through 537 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Madison County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA1950001. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Colbert Water System is 13 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 13 ppb over 10 |
How Colbert Water System 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. Colbert Water System's 13 ppb sits at the 99th percentile in Georgia and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
21 other systems share Madison County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Colbert Water System. 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 |
| Danielsville | 1,022 | 1.5 ppb |
| Brown Brothers Farm Subdivision | 656 | 3.8 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) |
Next steps for Eatonton, GA
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 Colbert Water System 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.