Hartwell, 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.
Who runs the water here
Hartwell serves about 8,129 people through 2,737 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 surface water, in Hart County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA1470000; phone on file: 706-376-4756. 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 down 1.3 ppb from 1.3 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Hartwell is 1.7 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2017 | 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. Hartwell's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 43rd percentile in Georgia and the 36th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
26 other systems share Hart County; 21 of them have a higher latest lead result than Hartwell. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Hart Co. Water & Sewer Auth. | 5,637 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bowersville | 594 | 23 ppb |
| Sanders Mobile Home Park | 332 | 1.3 ppb |
| Reed Creek S/D | 242 | 5.9 ppb |
| Reed Creek Point/Reed Creek Heights | 216 | 2.9 ppb |
| Mcmullen Subdivision | 135 | 2.2 ppb |
| Paradise Pt-Rocky Point | 111 | 17 ppb |
| Vickery Point Subdivision | 111 | 2.2 ppb |
| Ridgeview Estates Sd | 111 | 0.6 ppb |
| Chateau Estates Subdivision | 88 | 13.5 ppb |
Next steps for Hartwell, GA
Look up your address in Hartwell'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 Hartwell 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.