Newton, GA
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.6 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2024). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
About Newton
Newton serves about 775 people through 315 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 Baker County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA0070000; phone on file: 229-734-5421. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Newton's lead record
That is down 2 ppb from 3.6 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Newton is 29 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2022 | 3.6 ppb |
| 2017 | 29 ppb over 15 |
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. Newton's 1.6 ppb sits at the 69th percentile in Georgia and the 65th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
1 other system shares Baker County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Newton. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Ichauway #2 | 59 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Newton, 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 Newton 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. More in what a past exceedance means today.