Shady Shores Subdivision, GA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
About Shady Shores Subdivision
Shady Shores Subdivision serves about 1,632 people through 700 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Forsyth County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA1170030; phone on file: 770-887-3211. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Shady Shores Subdivision is 0 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
How Shady Shores 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. Shady Shores Subdivision's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 39th percentile in Georgia and the 29th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
7 other systems share Forsyth County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Shady Shores Subdivision. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Forsyth Co. Water & Sewer | 161,200 | 1 ppb |
| Cumming | 58,661 | 0 (not detected) |
| Colonial Club Estates | 416 | 0.6 ppb |
| Deerwood Water Systems, Inc. | 405 | 1.1 ppb |
| Lanier Woods Subdivision | 182 | 0.7 ppb |
| Beaver Ruin Subdivision | 105 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wood Creek Subdivision | 95 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Shady Shores 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 Shady Shores 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.