Northwest Woods Subdivision, 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.
Who runs the water here
Northwest Woods Subdivision serves about 238 people through 88 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Oconee County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA2190006. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Every lead result on file
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Northwest Woods Subdivision is 2 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 ppb |
How Northwest Woods 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. Northwest Woods Subdivision's 2 ppb sits at the 75th percentile in Georgia and the 71st nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Oconee County
26 other systems share Oconee County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Northwest Woods Subdivision. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Oconee County | 30,162 | 0 (not detected) |
| Port Bass I (Sc3750002) | 681 | 0 (not detected) |
| Brookwood Estates Subdivision | 602 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fieldstone/Canyon Creek Sd | 367 | 4.6 ppb |
| Timber Lake I (Sc3750006) | 283 | 0 (not detected) |
| Woodlands Subdivision/Oconee Village Apt | 234 | 2.4 ppb |
| Fernwood Subdivision | 218 | 1.2 ppb |
| Port Bass Ii (Sc3750012) | 165 | 0 (not detected) |
| Elder Heights Subdivision | 154 | 5.9 ppb |
| Barnetts Bluff | 149 | 0.7 ppb |
Next steps for Eatonton, GA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Eatonton, 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 Northwest Woods 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.