El Paraiso, GA
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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.
El Paraiso at a glance
El Paraiso serves about 44 people through 20 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Habersham County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA1370015; phone on file: 706-701-0123. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is down 1.75 ppb from 1.75 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for El Paraiso is 17.9 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 1.75 ppb |
| 2024 | 3 ppb |
| 2024 | 2.7 ppb |
| 2023 | 17.9 ppb over 15 |
| 2020 | 3.8 ppb |
| 2017 | 3.7 ppb |
How El Paraiso 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. El Paraiso's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 4th percentile in Georgia and the 2nd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
13 other systems share Habersham County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than El Paraiso. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Demorest | 18,049 | 2 ppb |
| Cornelia | 6,130 | 1.1 ppb |
| Clarkesville | 5,785 | 0.56 ppb |
| Baldwin | 4,160 | 0 (not detected) |
| Alto | 2,737 | 1 ppb |
| Mount Airy | 1,384 | 4.5 ppb |
| The Orchard Development | 639 | 0 (not detected) |
| Deer Trail Lakes/High Meadows Subdivisio | 111 | 0 (not detected) |
| Old River Road Hoa | 104 | 2.5 ppb |
| Old Panther Creek Subdivision | 75 | 1.6 ppb |
Next steps for Cornelia, GA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Cornelia, 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 El Paraiso 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. More in what a past exceedance means today.