Country Meadows S/D, GA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.9 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. 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.
About Country Meadows S/D
Country Meadows S/D serves about 265 people through 98 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Coffee County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA0690035; phone on file: 912-352-9339. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Country Meadows S/D's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Country Meadows S/D is 0.9 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.9 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. Country Meadows S/D's 0.9 ppb sits at the 54th percentile in Georgia and the 49th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
28 other systems share Coffee County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Country Meadows S/D. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Douglas | 13,684 | 1.4 ppb |
| Nicholls | 3,514 | 1.1 ppb |
| Bay Meadows Estates | 1,674 | 0 (not detected) |
| Broxton | 1,353 | 6.5 ppb |
| Ambrose | 332 | 0.7 ppb |
| T & H Mobile Home Park | 324 | 0.6 ppb |
| Evans Trailer Park #2 | 254 | 3.5 ppb |
| Greenetree Lakes | 247 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bear Creek Mobile Home Park | 243 | 7.5 ppb |
| Sleepy Hollow Mobile Home Park | 233 | 0 (not detected) |
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 Country Meadows S/D 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.