Pinewood Hills Subdivision, GA
Above the federal action level
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 19 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. In the most recent monitoring period, more than 10% of the sampled homes measured above 15 ppb. Use a filter certified to NSF/ANSI 53 for lead for drinking and cooking now, and test your own tap.
Pinewood Hills Subdivision at a glance
Pinewood Hills Subdivision serves about 161 people through 62 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Oglethorpe County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA2210066. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Pinewood Hills Subdivision's lead record
That is up 16.4 ppb from 2.6 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Pinewood Hills Subdivision is 19 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 19 ppb over 15 |
| 2023 | 2.6 ppb |
| 2020 | 10.1 ppb over 10 |
| 2019 | 12.7 ppb over 10 |
| 2018 | 13 ppb over 10 |
| 2017 | 8.3 ppb |
| 2016 | 7.9 ppb |
| 2016 | 13 ppb over 10 |
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. Pinewood Hills Subdivision's 19 ppb sits at the 99th percentile in Georgia and the 99th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
18 other systems share Oglethorpe County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Pinewood Hills Subdivision. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Arnoldsville | 1,763 | 1.6 ppb |
| Crawford | 1,170 | 5.5 ppb |
| Lexington | 1,015 | 2.7 ppb |
| Pine Ridge Subdivision | 313 | 0 (not detected) |
| Maxeys | 281 | 4.2 ppb |
| The Estates At Hawks Landing Ws | 146 | 0 (not detected) |
| Smokey Road Water System | 143 | 0 (not detected) |
| Oakwood Subdivision | 130 | 1.1 ppb |
| Farm Junction Subdivision | 122 | 0 (not detected) |
| The Bridges Subdivision | 97 | 68 ppb |
Your move
Use a filter certified to NSF/ANSI 53 for lead on the tap you drink and cook from, now, before you test. Then test your own tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Pinewood Hills 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.