Skylake, GA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.3 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. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
Skylake at a glance
Skylake serves about 1,173 people through 451 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in White County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA3110005; phone on file: 706-878-2928. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
That is up 1.3 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Skylake is 2.9 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 2.9 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.7 ppb |
How Skylake 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. Skylake's 1.3 ppb sits at the 62nd percentile in Georgia and the 60th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
16 other systems share White County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Skylake. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| White Co Water & Sewerage Auth | 6,380 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cleveland Waterworks | 5,587 | 0 (not detected) |
| Helen | 1,851 | 1.2 ppb |
| Peaceful Valley | 289 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mt. Yonah Scenic Estates | 198 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mountain Creek Grove Resort | 191 | 9.2 ppb |
| Wildwood On Pink Mountain Hoa | 169 | 1.4 ppb |
| Swiss Colony Water Service | 153 | 0 (not detected) |
| Yonah East Subdivision | 137 | 1.9 ppb |
| Timberlane | 107 | 5 ppb |
Next steps for Sautee-Nacoochee, GA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Sautee-Nacoochee, 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 Skylake whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 3300 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.