Rabun County Water & Sewer Authority, GA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.6 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.
About Rabun County Water & Sewer Authority
Rabun County Water & Sewer Authority serves about 10,276 people through 3,806 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Rabun County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA2410118; phone on file: 706-490-2075. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2023 (1.7 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Rabun County Water & Sewer Authority is 12.1 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (2 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2022 | 6.4 ppb |
| 2021 | 8.5 ppb |
| 2020 | 9.3 ppb |
| 2019 | 12.1 ppb over 10 |
| 2018 | 10.6 ppb over 10 |
How Rabun County Water & Sewer Authority 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. Rabun County Water & Sewer Authority's 1.6 ppb sits at the 69th percentile in Georgia and the 65th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
13 other systems share Rabun County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Rabun County Water & Sewer Authority. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Sky Valley | 1,820 | 2.1 ppb |
| Sylvan Lake Falls | 615 | 5.5 ppb |
| Kingwood Water System | 575 | 0 (not detected) |
| Life Teen Covecrest Camp | 332 | 2.7 ppb |
| Dillard | 211 | 11.4 ppb |
| Tallulah Falls | 169 | 0 (not detected) |
| Covecrest Subdivision | 157 | 0 (not detected) |
| Waterfall Country Club Water System | 156 | 1.1 ppb |
| Charlie Mountain Water, Llc | 88 | 0 (not detected) |
| Laurel Ridge S/D | 88 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Clayton, 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 Rabun County Water & Sewer Authority 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.