Scotland, GA
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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 Scotland
Scotland serves about 270 people through 104 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 groundwater, in Telfair County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA2710005; phone on file: 229-868-2315. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is down 42.5 ppb from 42.5 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Scotland is 42.5 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 42.5 ppb over 15 |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0.6 ppb |
How Scotland 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. Scotland's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 29th percentile in Georgia and the 18th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
4 other systems share Telfair County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Scotland. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Mcrae-Helena | 7,857 | 1.7 ppb |
| Lumber City | 977 | 1.5 ppb |
| Milan | 791 | 4.2 ppb |
| Jacksonville | 219 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Scotland, 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 Scotland 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.