Emerald Shores Subdivision, GA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.6 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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.
Emerald Shores Subdivision at a glance
Emerald Shores Subdivision serves about 120 people through 46 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Greene County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA1330071; phone on file: 706-769-2814. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2021 (2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Emerald Shores Subdivision is 4.8 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2021 | 2 ppb |
| 2018 | 4.8 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. Emerald Shores Subdivision's 1.6 ppb sits at the 68th percentile in Georgia and the 65th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
21 other systems share Greene County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Emerald Shores Subdivision. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Reynolds Plantation | 13,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Greensboro | 2,834 | 0 (not detected) |
| Union Point | 2,114 | 3.1 ppb |
| Harbor Club On Lake Oconee | 1,701 | 0 (not detected) |
| Walker Church Water System | 928 | 0 (not detected) |
| White Plains | 497 | 4 ppb |
| Siloam | 494 | 1.4 ppb |
| Indian Hill Estates Subdivision | 473 | 2.6 ppb |
| Woodville | 367 | 3 ppb |
| Parks Mill Crossing Subdivision | 304 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Watkinsville, 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 Emerald Shores 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.