Rutland Station, GA
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4.9 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
About Rutland Station
Rutland Station serves about 103 people through 38 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Bibb County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA0210078; phone on file: 478-986-3192. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Rutland Station's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (5.1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Rutland Station is 23.9 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 4.9 ppb |
| 2025 | 5.1 ppb |
| 2024 | 2.7 ppb |
| 2024 | 3.3 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.4 ppb |
| 2023 | 4.7 ppb |
| 2022 | 3.6 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.1 ppb |
| 2019 | 23.9 ppb over 15 |
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. Rutland Station's 4.9 ppb sits at the 91st percentile in Georgia and the 90th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
3 other systems share Bibb County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Rutland Station. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Macon Water Authority | 130,024 | 2.6 ppb |
| Timber Ridge Subdivision | 381 | 0 (not detected) |
| Macon Manor Estates, Llc | 89 | 6 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Gray, 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 Rutland Station whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1410 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. More in what a past exceedance means today.