Meldrim Lakes, GA
Above the federal action level
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 29.5 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. In the most recent monitoring period, more than 10% of the sampled homes measured above 15 ppb. Use a filter certified to NSF/ANSI 53 for lead for drinking and cooking now, and test your own tap.
Who runs the water here
Meldrim Lakes serves about 203 people through 78 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Effingham County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA1030011; phone on file: 912-352-9339. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is up 29.5 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Meldrim Lakes is 29.5 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 29.5 ppb over 15 |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
Where this result ranks
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. Meldrim Lakes's 29.5 ppb sits at the 100th percentile in Georgia and the 99th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Effingham County
68 other systems share Effingham County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Meldrim Lakes. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Rincon Water System | 16,654 | 1 ppb |
| Effingham County Surface Water System | 12,293 | 1.2 ppb |
| Springfield | 3,100 | 3.9 ppb |
| Guyton | 2,394 | 0 (not detected) |
| Westwood Heights Subdivision | 1,370 | 0 (not detected) |
| Azalea Point | 1,037 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lakeside Farms / Bloomingdale | 993 | 0 (not detected) |
| Conifer Crossing/Pine Hill | 759 | 0 (not detected) |
| Foxbow Farms | 723 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hickory Knob Subdivision | 671 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Savannah, GA
Use a filter certified to NSF/ANSI 53 for lead on the tap you drink and cook from, now, before you test. Then test your own tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Meldrim Lakes 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.