East Dublin, GA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.5 ppb (monitoring period 2025-2027). 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 East Dublin
East Dublin serves about 4,536 people through 1,055 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Laurens County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA1750004; phone on file: 478-272-6883. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
East Dublin's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (1.5 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for East Dublin is 2.1 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2027 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2025 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2024 | 2.1 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.1 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.1 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.1 ppb |
| 2018 | 2 ppb |
| 2016 | 2 ppb |
How East Dublin 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. East Dublin's 1.5 ppb sits at the 67th percentile in Georgia and the 64th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
17 other systems share Laurens County; 10 of them have a higher latest lead result than East Dublin. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Dublin | 15,392 | 9.7 ppb |
| Dexter | 2,097 | 2.2 ppb |
| Dudley | 1,994 | 11 ppb |
| Rentz | 1,864 | 2 ppb |
| Holly Hills Subdivision | 645 | 1.86 ppb |
| Cadwell | 617 | 1.6 ppb |
| Montrose | 246 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hunter'S Point Apartments | 208 | 0 (not detected) |
| Thundering Springs Assoc.,Inc. | 189 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hitchiti Mobile Home Park | 122 | 0.8 ppb |
Next steps for East Dublin, GA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; East Dublin, 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 East Dublin 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.