Pearson, GA
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.5 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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 Pearson
Pearson serves about 2,200 people through 825 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 Atkinson County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA0030000. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Pearson's lead record
That is down 2.2 ppb from 4.7 ppb in the period ending 2017. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Pearson is 16 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2017 | 4.7 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.4 ppb |
| 2016 | 16 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. Pearson's 2.5 ppb sits at the 80th percentile in Georgia and the 78th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
4 other systems share Atkinson County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Pearson. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Willacoochee Water System | 1,723 | 3.4 ppb |
| Heritage Hills | 132 | 0.5 ppb |
| Triple O Mobile Home Park | 73 | 0.5 ppb |
| The Oaks Subdivision | 58 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Pearson, 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 Pearson 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.