Laurel Grove, GA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.1 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.
About Laurel Grove
Laurel Grove serves about 122 people through 47 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Bryan County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA0290094; phone on file: 912-352-9339. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Laurel Grove's lead record
That is down 5.7 ppb from 7.8 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Laurel Grove is 7.8 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.1 ppb |
| 2020 | 7.8 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.8 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. Laurel Grove's 2.1 ppb sits at the 76th percentile in Georgia and the 74th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
43 other systems share Bryan County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Laurel Grove. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Richmond Hill | 16,068 | 1.1 ppb |
| South Atlantic Utilities-Bryan County(S) | 3,553 | 1 ppb |
| Pembroke Water System | 3,402 | 7.3 ppb |
| Henderson Park | 2,962 | 0 (not detected) |
| Strathy Hall Subdivision | 1,185 | 1.2 ppb |
| Bryan County Water System | 1,111 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cranston Bluff-Waterford Landing | 975 | 2.1 ppb |
| Oak Level Road Water System | 932 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cape Hardwicke/Ft. Mcallister/Kinsale/Re | 861 | 0 (not detected) |
| Magnolia Creek Plantation/Tayor Place | 589 | 8.9 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Savannah, 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 Laurel Grove 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.