Scales Creek Golf Course, GA
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 15 ppb (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. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
About Scales Creek Golf Course
Scales Creek Golf Course serves about 108 people through 40 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Banks County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA0110028; phone on file: 706-677-3510. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is up 14.2 ppb from 0.8 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Scales Creek Golf Course is 15 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 15 ppb over 10 |
| 2021 | 0.8 ppb |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Scales Creek Golf Course's 15 ppb sits at the 99th percentile in Georgia and the 99th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Banks County
6 other systems share Banks County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Scales Creek Golf Course. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Banks Co - Mountain Creek | 6,453 | 2.4 ppb |
| Maysville Water System | 2,838 | 2.3 ppb |
| Homer | 1,188 | 1.1 ppb |
| Chimney Oaks | 505 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hidden Lake Subdivision | 108 | 0 (not detected) |
| Apple Pie Ridge Subdivision | 49 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Homer, GA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Homer, 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 Scales Creek Golf Course whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 6522.5 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. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.