Rutledge Water System, 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
Rutledge Water System serves about 993 people through 434 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Morgan County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA2110003; phone on file: 706-557-0046. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is down 2.2 ppb from 2.2 ppb in the period ending 2018. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Rutledge Water System is 2.2 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 2.2 ppb |
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. Rutledge Water System's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 38th percentile in Georgia and the 27th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Morgan County
12 other systems share Morgan County; 10 of them have a higher latest lead result than Rutledge Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Madison | 6,427 | 1.2 ppb |
| Bostwick Water System | 484 | 1.5 ppb |
| Kingston On Lake Oconee | 340 | - |
| Buckhead | 332 | 2.05 ppb |
| Appalachee Woods Subdivision | 292 | 3.1 ppb |
| Sugar Bend-Lake Oconee S/D | 259 | 1.1 ppb |
| Morgan Estates Subdivision | 161 | 2.4 ppb |
| River Woods On Lake Oconee S/D | 151 | 0 (not detected) |
| Blue Springs S/D | 140 | 0.6 ppb |
| Bell View Shores Subdivision | 73 | 0.9 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Rutledge Water System'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 Rutledge Water System 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.