Ponderosa Mhc, Llc, GA
Above the federal action level
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 56.79 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. 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.
Who runs the water here
Ponderosa Mhc, Llc serves about 234 people through 90 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Spalding County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA2550009; phone on file: 770-468-6193. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is up 55.99 ppb from 0.8 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ponderosa Mhc, Llc is 56.79 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 56.79 ppb over 15 |
| 2022 | 0.8 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.3 ppb |
| 2016 | 5 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. Ponderosa Mhc, Llc's 56.79 ppb sits at the 100th percentile in Georgia and the 100th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
3 other systems share Spalding County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Ponderosa Mhc, Llc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Spalding County Water System | 40,430 | - |
| Griffin | 23,643 | 1.3 ppb |
| Cumberland Springs | 122 | 2.7 ppb |
What to do in your house
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 Ponderosa Mhc, Llc 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.