Dutchman`S Cove Subdivision, GA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.1 ppb (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. 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.
Who runs the water here
Dutchman`S Cove Subdivision serves about 62 people through 25 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Liberty County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA1790122; phone on file: 502-592-8423. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is down 3.6 ppb from 6.7 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Dutchman`S Cove Subdivision is 6.7 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.1 ppb |
| 2022 | 6.7 ppb |
How Dutchman`S Cove Subdivision 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. Dutchman`S Cove Subdivision's 3.1 ppb sits at the 84th percentile in Georgia and the 83rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Liberty County
36 other systems share Liberty County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Dutchman`S Cove Subdivision. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Hinesville | 32,471 | 1.1 ppb |
| Usa-Fort Stewart Main | 27,573 | 2.5 ppb |
| Walthourville Water System | 3,858 | 2.8 ppb |
| Midway | 2,595 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lake George Subdivision | 1,239 | 1.1 ppb |
| Riceboro | 1,131 | 0 (not detected) |
| Isle Of Wight | 1,091 | 2.7 ppb |
| Liberty County Water System | 910 | 1.4 ppb |
| Tradeport East | 675 | 1.5 ppb |
| Woodland Lakes | 672 | 1.4 ppb |
Next steps for Midway, GA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Midway, 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 Dutchman`S Cove Subdivision 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.