Grace Neal & Vestavia Sd, GA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.9 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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.
Who runs the water here
Grace Neal & Vestavia Sd serves about 729 people through 270 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Upson County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA2930017; phone on file: 706-647-8440. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Grace Neal & Vestavia Sd's lead record
Against the period ending 2023 (1.7 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Grace Neal & Vestavia Sd is 1.9 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.7 ppb |
How Grace Neal & Vestavia Sd 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. Grace Neal & Vestavia Sd's 1.9 ppb sits at the 74th percentile in Georgia and the 69th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
8 other systems share Upson County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Grace Neal & Vestavia Sd. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Thomaston | 12,482 | 0.95 ppb |
| Upson County | 5,243 | 4.2 ppb |
| Upson Co.-Lincoln Park Ws | 886 | 0.51 ppb |
| Yatesville | 537 | 4.1 ppb |
| Country Village Subdivision | 486 | 0 (not detected) |
| Arrowhead Lake Water Assoc. | 270 | 1.9 ppb |
| Buffington | 170 | 1.4 ppb |
| Stagecoach Estates | 46 | 3.4 ppb |
Next steps for Thomaston, GA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Thomaston, 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 Grace Neal & Vestavia Sd 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.