Golden Ridge, GA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.5 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. 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.
Golden Ridge at a glance
Golden Ridge serves about 42 people through 16 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Dawson County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA0850027; phone on file: 706-745-2033. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2025 (3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Golden Ridge is 6.8 ppb across 14 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2025 | 3 ppb |
| 2024 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2024 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2023 | 6.3 ppb |
| 2023 | 3.4 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2020 | 6.8 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2017 | 5.2 ppb |
| 2016 | 3.8 ppb |
| 2016 | 6.1 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Golden Ridge's 2.5 ppb sits at the 79th percentile in Georgia and the 77th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Dawson County
4 other systems share Dawson County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Golden Ridge. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Etowah | 23,922 | 0 (not detected) |
| Dawsonville | 4,433 | 0 (not detected) |
| Athens Boat Club | 325 | 0 (not detected) |
| The Village At Paradise Valley | 195 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Blairsville, GA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Blairsville, 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 Golden Ridge whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 2250 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.