Sandy Springs Subdivision, GA
Above the federal action level
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 28 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. In the most recent monitoring period, more than 10% of the sampled homes measured above 15 ppb. Use a filter certified to NSF/ANSI 53 for lead for drinking and cooking now, and test your own tap.
Sandy Springs Subdivision at a glance
Sandy Springs Subdivision serves about 42 people through 17 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Clarke County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA0590007. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Every lead result on file
That is up 26.9 ppb from 1.1 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Sandy Springs Subdivision is 28 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 28 ppb over 15 |
| 2025 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2022 | 6.5 ppb |
| 2020 | 6.5 ppb |
| 2019 | 11.8 ppb over 10 |
| 2017 | 11.8 ppb over 10 |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
How Sandy Springs 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 Springs Subdivision's 28 ppb sits at the 100th percentile in Georgia and the 99th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Clarke County
10 other systems share Clarke County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Sandy Springs Subdivision. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Athens-Clarke Co Water System | 125,000 | 3.5 ppb |
| Hallmark Manufactured Housing Community | 753 | 3.4 ppb |
| Pinewood Estates North | 581 | 8.9 ppb |
| Country Corners Mobile Home Community | 390 | 0 (not detected) |
| Crestmont Farms Subdivision | 170 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ramble Hills Subdivision | 157 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fowler`S Mill Subdivision | 127 | 1.5 ppb |
| Beaver Dam Estates M. H. P. | 105 | 6 ppb |
| Cherokee Mobile Home Park | 100 | - |
| Mineral Springs Subdivision | 35 | 2.1 ppb |
What to do in your house
Use a filter certified to NSF/ANSI 53 for lead on the tap you drink and cook from, now, before you test. Then test your own tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Sandy Springs 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.