Ratcliffe Lakes Subdivision, GA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Who runs the water here
Ratcliffe Lakes Subdivision serves about 65 people through 24 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Glynn County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA1270193; phone on file: 912-352-9339. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Ratcliffe Lakes Subdivision's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ratcliffe Lakes Subdivision is 9.8 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 9.8 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.2 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. Ratcliffe Lakes Subdivision's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 10th percentile in Georgia and the 5th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
45 other systems share Glynn County; 11 of them have a higher latest lead result than Ratcliffe Lakes Subdivision. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Brunswick | 44,739 | 0 (not detected) |
| St. Simons Island | 29,249 | 2.3 ppb |
| Glynn Co.-South Main Land | 2,554 | 1.2 ppb |
| Jekyll Island Authority | 2,541 | 7.8 ppb |
| Sea Island Company | 2,000 | 1.8 ppb |
| Oak Grove Island Plantation | 775 | 2.9 ppb |
| Deerfield Park | 538 | 0 (not detected) |
| Emanuel Church/Silver Bluff/Avondale | 497 | 0 (not detected) |
| Valerie Subdivision | 376 | 0 (not detected) |
| Epworth Acres Water System | 328 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Look up your address in Ratcliffe Lakes Subdivision's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Ratcliffe Lakes 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.