Sandy Ridge Subdivision, GA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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
Sandy Ridge Subdivision serves about 64 people through 23 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Long County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA1830042; phone on file: 912-654-1098. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Sandy Ridge Subdivision's lead record
Against the period ending 2023 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Sandy Ridge Subdivision is 1.1 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
How Sandy Ridge Subdivision 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. Sandy Ridge Subdivision's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 9th 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.
Other water systems in Long County
51 other systems share Long County; 21 of them have a higher latest lead result than Sandy Ridge Subdivision. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Ludowici Water System | 1,651 | 3.3 ppb |
| Crawford Water System | 724 | 0.7 ppb |
| Timberland-Huntington Subdivision | 621 | 0 (not detected) |
| Garrison Place-Summer Hill | 513 | 5.3 ppb |
| Horse Creek Farms | 500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Oakdale Mobile Home Park | 268 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lanier Road Water System | 262 | 4.6 ppb |
| Briarcrest-Palmer Place | 234 | 0 (not detected) |
| Morgan Tract Subdivision | 222 | 0.68 ppb |
| Burnt Pines | 198 | 0.6 ppb |
Next steps for Glennville, GA
Look up your address in Sandy Ridge 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 Sandy Ridge 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.