Newington, GA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 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 Newington
Newington serves about 492 people through 173 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Screven County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA2510001; phone on file: 912-857-3115. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Newington is 2 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 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. Newington's 2 ppb sits at the 75th percentile in Georgia and the 71st nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
14 other systems share Screven County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Newington. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Sylvania | 4,910 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hiltonia | 353 | 0 (not detected) |
| Oliver | 283 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rocky Ford | 235 | 3.7 ppb |
| Lawton Place Mobile Home Park | 235 | 0 (not detected) |
| Screven Co. Prison | 150 | 1.4 ppb |
| Hillcrest Heights | 130 | 0.6 ppb |
| Pecan Grove Subdivision | 86 | 0 (not detected) |
| Newington East Subdivision | 73 | 0 (not detected) |
| Blue Hole Mobile Home Park | 60 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Newington, GA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Newington, 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 Newington 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.