Hi-River Country Subdivision, GA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.8 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. 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.
About Hi-River Country Subdivision
Hi-River Country Subdivision serves about 260 people through 100 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Towns County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA2810050; phone on file: 706-745-8687. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Hi-River Country Subdivision is 0.8 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.8 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0.7 ppb |
How Hi-River Country Subdivision 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. Hi-River Country Subdivision's 0.8 ppb sits at the 53rd percentile in Georgia and the 48th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Towns County
4 other systems share Towns County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Hi-River Country Subdivision. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Towns County | 11,791 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hiawassee | 5,496 | 0 (not detected) |
| Young Harris | 2,211 | 3.1 ppb |
| Barefoot Hills Subdivision | 65 | 2.3 ppb |
What to do in your house
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 Hi-River Country Subdivision 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.