Sylvania, GA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
Who runs the water here
Sylvania serves about 4,910 people through 1,655 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Screven County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA2510003; phone on file: 912-564-7491. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is down 1.7 ppb from 1.7 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Sylvania is 1.7 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
How Sylvania 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. Sylvania's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 42nd percentile in Georgia and the 35th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Screven County
14 other systems share Screven County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Sylvania. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Newington | 492 | 2 ppb |
| Hiltonia | 353 | 0 (not detected) |
| Oliver | 283 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rocky Ford | 235 | 3.7 ppb |
| Lawton Place Mobile Home Park | 235 | 0 (not detected) |
| Screven Co. Prison | 150 | 1.4 ppb |
| Hillcrest Heights | 130 | 0.6 ppb |
| Pecan Grove Subdivision | 86 | 0 (not detected) |
| Newington East Subdivision | 73 | 0 (not detected) |
| Blue Hole Mobile Home Park | 60 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Sylvania'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 Sylvania 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.