Rogers State Prison, GA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 9.2 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.
Who runs the water here
Rogers State Prison serves about 1,588 people through 120 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by the state and draws groundwater, in Tattnall County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA2670005. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
That is up 9.2 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Rogers State Prison is 9.2 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 9.2 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2019 | 3.1 ppb |
| 2018 | 2.2 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.7 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. Rogers State Prison's 9.2 ppb sits at the 97th percentile in Georgia and the 97th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Tattnall County
10 other systems share Tattnall County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Rogers State Prison. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Glennville Water System | 5,173 | 0 (not detected) |
| Reidsville Water System | 2,594 | 0 (not detected) |
| Collins Water System | 780 | 1 ppb |
| Cobbtown Water System | 596 | 2 ppb |
| Beards Creek Mhp | 307 | 0 (not detected) |
| Manassas | 133 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fairhaven Mobile Home Park | 62 | 0 (not detected) |
| The Oaks Subdivision | 57 | 0 (not detected) |
| Manassas Station | 47 | 0 (not detected) |
| Savana Woods Mobile Home Park | 39 | 0.8 ppb |
Next steps for Reidsville, GA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Reidsville, 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 Rogers State Prison 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.