Petross Subdivision, GA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.9 ppb (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. 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.
Petross Subdivision at a glance
Petross Subdivision serves about 151 people through 58 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Toombs County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA2790015; phone on file: 912-532-2195. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Petross Subdivision's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Petross Subdivision is 0.9 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.9 ppb |
How Petross 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. Petross Subdivision's 0.9 ppb sits at the 54th percentile in Georgia and the 49th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
14 other systems share Toombs County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Petross Subdivision. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Vidalia | 14,496 | 1.4 ppb |
| Lyons | 4,458 | 1.7 ppb |
| Morris Village | 249 | 0 (not detected) |
| Santa Claus | 238 | 0.9 ppb |
| Knollwood Mobile Home Park | 176 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mcnatt Falls Subdivision | 91 | 1 ppb |
| Hilldale Water System | 88 | 0 (not detected) |
| Shady Acres Mobile Home Park | 86 | 0 (not detected) |
| Petross | 78 | 0 (not detected) |
| The Pittman Plantation | 57 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Vidalia, 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 Petross 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.