Spenceton Subdivision 1, GA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.4 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.
Spenceton Subdivision 1 at a glance
Spenceton Subdivision 1 serves about 62 people through 23 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Colquitt County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA0710016; phone on file: 912-622-1977. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Spenceton Subdivision 1's lead record
That is up 1.4 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Spenceton Subdivision 1 is 1.4 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
How Spenceton Subdivision 1 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. Spenceton Subdivision 1's 1.4 ppb sits at the 63rd percentile in Georgia and the 61st nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
30 other systems share Colquitt County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Spenceton Subdivision 1. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Moultrie | 17,067 | 2.4 ppb |
| Norman Park | 1,134 | 1.1 ppb |
| Doerun | 1,094 | 0 (not detected) |
| Funston | 653 | 2.5 ppb |
| Berlin | 643 | 0.8 ppb |
| Spencefield Airport | 544 | 2 ppb |
| Bear Creek Subdivision | 464 | 1.8 ppb |
| Tallokas Trails/Circle | 443 | 12 ppb |
| Riverwood Subdivision | 413 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ellenton | 359 | 6.3 ppb |
Next steps for Savannah, GA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Savannah, 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 Spenceton Subdivision 1 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.