Oconee Heights Subdivision, GA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (monitoring period 2025-2027). 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
Oconee Heights Subdivision serves about 97 people through 36 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Greene County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA1330014. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2018 (0.9 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Oconee Heights Subdivision is 1 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2027 | 1 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.9 ppb |
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. Oconee Heights Subdivision's 1 ppb sits at the 55th percentile in Georgia and the 51st nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Greene County
21 other systems share Greene County; 12 of them have a higher latest lead result than Oconee Heights Subdivision. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Reynolds Plantation | 13,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Greensboro | 2,834 | 0 (not detected) |
| Union Point | 2,114 | 3.1 ppb |
| Harbor Club On Lake Oconee | 1,701 | 0 (not detected) |
| Walker Church Water System | 928 | 0 (not detected) |
| White Plains | 497 | 4 ppb |
| Siloam | 494 | 1.4 ppb |
| Indian Hill Estates Subdivision | 473 | 2.6 ppb |
| Woodville | 367 | 3 ppb |
| Parks Mill Crossing Subdivision | 304 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
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 Oconee Heights 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.