Crawford County Water System, GA
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2024-2024). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Who runs the water here
Crawford County Water System serves about 2,495 people through 936 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 Crawford County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA0790017; phone on file: 478-836-3782. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Crawford County Water System's lead record
Against the period ending 2023 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Crawford County Water System is 32 ppb across 10 monitoring periods, 2 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 32 ppb over 15 |
| 2020 | 3 ppb |
| 2019 | 32 ppb over 15 |
| 2017 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.9 ppb |
How Crawford County 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. Crawford County Water System's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 40th percentile in Georgia and the 32nd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
2 other systems share Crawford County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Crawford County Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Roberta | 3,478 | 0 (not detected) |
| Crawford Co.-Musella Water System | 143 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Roberta, GA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Roberta, 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 Crawford County 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. More in what a past exceedance means today.