Homeland Robin Lane Water System, GA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.2 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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.
Homeland Robin Lane Water System at a glance
Homeland Robin Lane Water System serves about 35 people through 13 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Charlton County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA0490020; phone on file: 912-496-7332. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2020 (0.9 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Homeland Robin Lane Water System is 1.2 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2020 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
Against other Georgia systems
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. Homeland Robin Lane Water System's 1.2 ppb sits at the 59th percentile in Georgia and the 58th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Charlton County
3 other systems share Charlton County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Homeland Robin Lane Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Folkston | 5,390 | 3 ppb |
| Homeland | 1,085 | 0 (not detected) |
| The Farm At Okefenokee | 365 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Homeland, 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 Homeland Robin Lane Water System 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.