Federated Trust Subdivision Water Sys., GA
Above the federal action level
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 18.5 ppb (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. In the most recent monitoring period, more than 10% of the sampled homes measured above 15 ppb. Use a filter certified to NSF/ANSI 53 for lead for drinking and cooking now, and test your own tap.
Who runs the water here
Federated Trust Subdivision Water Sys. serves about 130 people through 48 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Decatur County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA0870061; phone on file: 229-726-8824. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
That is up 18.5 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Federated Trust Subdivision Water Sys. is 36.5 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, 3 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 18.5 ppb over 15 |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 5.7 ppb |
| 2024 | 36.5 ppb over 15 |
| 2023 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 24.5 ppb over 15 |
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. Federated Trust Subdivision Water Sys.'s 18.5 ppb sits at the 99th percentile in Georgia and the 99th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
9 other systems share Decatur County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Federated Trust Subdivision Water Sys.. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Bainbridge | 14,500 | 1.2 ppb |
| Decatur County Industrial Park | 1,100 | 2 ppb |
| Attapulgus | 750 | 0 (not detected) |
| Climax | 397 | 1.25 ppb |
| Brinson | 281 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fay Drive Bainbridge | 260 | 0 (not detected) |
| Aryola Bainbridge | 124 | 0 (not detected) |
| Meadowbrook Subdivision | 68 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wright`S Trailer Park | 51 | 2.2 ppb |
Next steps for Bainbridge, GA
Use a filter certified to NSF/ANSI 53 for lead on the tap you drink and cook from, now, before you test. Then test your own tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Federated Trust Subdivision Water Sys. 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.