Parkersburg Subdivision, GA
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 13 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
Who runs the water here
Parkersburg Subdivision serves about 1,253 people through 482 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Chatham County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA0510038; phone on file: 912-352-9339. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Parkersburg Subdivision's lead record
That is up 9.9 ppb from 3.1 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Parkersburg Subdivision is 13 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 ppb over 10 |
| 2022 | 3.1 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. Parkersburg Subdivision's 13 ppb sits at the 99th percentile in Georgia and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
79 other systems share Chatham County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Parkersburg Subdivision. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Savannah-Main | 168,958 | 3.9 ppb |
| Pooler | 28,423 | 1.9 ppb |
| Savannah-Georgetown/Gateway | 14,589 | 2.4 ppb |
| Savannah-Wilmington Island | 13,526 | 4.1 ppb |
| Larchmont Estates Subdivision | 11,799 | 1.2 ppb |
| The Landings Subdivision | 11,058 | 2.7 ppb |
| Port Wentworth | 11,000 | 10 ppb |
| Savannah-I & D | 10,500 | 6.4 ppb |
| Garden City | 9,000 | 5.4 ppb |
| Tybee Island | 8,047 | 1.5 ppb |
Next steps for Savannah, GA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Savannah, 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 Parkersburg 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. This system is in the band the 2027 10 ppb rule changes.