Lakeland, GA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.6 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.
Lakeland at a glance
Lakeland serves about 2,718 people through 1,071 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 groundwater, in Lanier County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA1730000; phone on file: 229-482-3100. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is up 1.6 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lakeland is 1.6 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
How Lakeland 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. Lakeland's 1.6 ppb sits at the 69th percentile in Georgia and the 65th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Lanier County
7 other systems share Lanier County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Lakeland. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Sj Water, Llc | 764 | 0 (not detected) |
| Boyette Farms | 305 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mill Pond Plantation | 302 | 1.4 ppb |
| Banks Lake Pointe Subdivision | 205 | 0 (not detected) |
| Westwind Farm Estates Mhp | 176 | 0.9 ppb |
| Grand Bay Ridge S/D | 149 | 0 (not detected) |
| Palmetto Pines Plantation | 73 | 1.2 ppb |
Next steps for Lakeland, GA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Lakeland, 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 Lakeland 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.