Hancock Co-Ga15e/Devereau Ws, GA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
About Hancock Co-Ga15e/Devereau Ws
Hancock Co-Ga15e/Devereau Ws serves about 1,512 people through 560 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Hancock County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA1410019; phone on file: 706-444-5746. 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 2023 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Hancock Co-Ga15e/Devereau Ws is 0 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Hancock Co-Ga15e/Devereau Ws's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 39th percentile in Georgia and the 29th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Hancock County
6 other systems share Hancock County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Hancock Co-Ga15e/Devereau Ws. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Sparta | 2,903 | 0 (not detected) |
| Scenic Shores Subdivision | 1,153 | 3.8 ppb |
| Holiday Shores Subdivision | 813 | 6.6 ppb |
| Woodland Valley Subdivision | 694 | 5.1 ppb |
| Island Creek / Glenwood Subdivision | 681 | 9.7 ppb |
| Mayfield Water System | 160 | 19.5 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Hancock Co-Ga15e/Devereau Ws's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Hancock Co-Ga15e/Devereau Ws 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.