Teen Challenge, GA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4.5 ppb (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. 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.
Teen Challenge at a glance
Teen Challenge serves about 37 people through 14 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Pike County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA2310033; phone on file: 863-660-3481. 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 down 3.3 ppb from 7.8 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Teen Challenge is 12 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 4.5 ppb |
| 2025 | 7.8 ppb |
| 2024 | 12 ppb over 10 |
| 2023 | 4.3 ppb |
| 2022 | 5.6 ppb |
| 2022 | 3.3 ppb |
Against other Georgia systems
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. Teen Challenge's 4.5 ppb sits at the 90th percentile in Georgia and the 89th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Pike County
8 other systems share Pike County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Teen Challenge. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Zebulon | 5,407 | 1.6 ppb |
| Pike Co - Rural Delvelopment Division | 1,080 | 1.2 ppb |
| Concord | 751 | 5.4 ppb |
| Williamson | 683 | 0 (not detected) |
| Molena | 437 | 4.7 ppb |
| Meansville | 338 | 15 ppb |
| Stephens Properties | 97 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ga Baptist Children`S Home - Meansville | 51 | 11.8 ppb |
Next steps for Meansville, GA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Meansville, 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 Teen Challenge 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.