Lauren Estates Subdivision, GA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.2 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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 Lauren Estates Subdivision
Lauren Estates Subdivision serves about 184 people through 68 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Lowndes County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA1850323; phone on file: 229-300-0339. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lauren Estates Subdivision's lead record
That is up 2.2 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lauren Estates Subdivision is 12.9 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.2 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 6.8 ppb |
| 2017 | 5.6 ppb |
| 2016 | 12.9 ppb over 10 |
How Lauren Estates 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. Lauren Estates Subdivision's 2.2 ppb sits at the 77th percentile in Georgia and the 75th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
66 other systems share Lowndes County; 11 of them have a higher latest lead result than Lauren Estates Subdivision. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Valdosta | 48,959 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lowndes Co.-North Lowndes Co. Ws | 16,656 | 1.2 ppb |
| Lowndes Co-South Lowndes | 8,664 | 0 (not detected) |
| Usaf-Moody Air Force Base-Main | 5,325 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hahira | 3,572 | 5.3 ppb |
| Remerton | 1,928 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mulligan Road Water Supply | 905 | 1.5 ppb |
| Oak Street Subdivision | 829 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lake Park | 740 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lowndes Co.-Creekside West S/D | 667 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Valdosta, 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 Lauren Estates 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.