Flowery Branch, GA
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 12 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. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
Who runs the water here
Flowery Branch serves about 4,594 people through 1,815 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 Hall County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA1390000; phone on file: 770-967-6371. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is up 9.7 ppb from 2.3 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Flowery Branch is 12 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 ppb over 10 |
| 2022 | 2.3 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.5 ppb |
How Flowery Branch 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. Flowery Branch's 12 ppb sits at the 98th percentile in Georgia and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
8 other systems share Hall County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Flowery Branch. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Gainesville | 140,000 | 1.5 ppb |
| Lula | 3,416 | 2.2 ppb |
| Surfside Club Estates | 629 | 3 ppb |
| Leisure Lake Condo. Assoc.Inc. | 532 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lake Shore Forest Subdivision | 284 | 2.4 ppb |
| Mount Shores Condo Association | 210 | 1.7 ppb |
| Lodge Haven Subdivision | 104 | 3.6 ppb |
| Banks Mountain S/D | 60 | 12 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Flowery Branch, 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 Flowery Branch 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. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.