Notla Water Authority, GA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Who runs the water here
Notla Water Authority serves about 16,518 people through 6,353 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Union County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA2910003; phone on file: 706-897-2964. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2023 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Notla Water Authority is 6.8 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 1 ppb |
| 2020 | 6.8 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.5 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. Notla Water Authority's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 44th percentile in Georgia and the 38th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Union County
8 other systems share Union County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Notla Water Authority. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Coosa Water Authority | 4,407 | 3.5 ppb |
| Blairsville | 4,035 | 1.8 ppb |
| Wilson Mtn Subdivision | 348 | 0 (not detected) |
| The Mountain S/D | 343 | 4.4 ppb |
| Bryant Cove | 176 | 3 ppb |
| Smokey Mountain Estates Subd | 127 | 5.8 ppb |
| Souther Mill Estates | 115 | 12 ppb |
| Cheyenne Meadows | 27 | 0.6 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Notla Water Authority's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Notla Water Authority 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.