Lake Harbor Shores Subdivision, GA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4.4 ppb (monitoring period 2020-2022). 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
Lake Harbor Shores Subdivision serves about 246 people through 91 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Stephens County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA2570029; phone on file: 706-297-1004. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lake Harbor Shores Subdivision's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lake Harbor Shores Subdivision is 4.4 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.4 ppb |
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. Lake Harbor Shores Subdivision's 4.4 ppb sits at the 90th percentile in Georgia and the 89th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Stephens County
3 other systems share Stephens County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Lake Harbor Shores Subdivision. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Toccoa | 28,711 | 0 (not detected) |
| Martin | 1,769 | 1.3 ppb |
| Toccoa Falls College | 850 | 4.8 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Martin, 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 Lake Harbor Shores 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.