The Orchard Development, GA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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.
The Orchard Development at a glance
The Orchard Development serves about 639 people through 246 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Habersham County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA1370055; phone on file: 912-313-1977. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2018 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for The Orchard Development is 0 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
Where this result ranks
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. The Orchard Development's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 36th percentile in Georgia and the 24th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Habersham County
13 other systems share Habersham County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than The Orchard Development. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Demorest | 18,049 | 2 ppb |
| Cornelia | 6,130 | 1.1 ppb |
| Clarkesville | 5,785 | 0.56 ppb |
| Baldwin | 4,160 | 0 (not detected) |
| Alto | 2,737 | 1 ppb |
| Mount Airy | 1,384 | 4.5 ppb |
| Deer Trail Lakes/High Meadows Subdivisio | 111 | 0 (not detected) |
| Old River Road Hoa | 104 | 2.5 ppb |
| Old Panther Creek Subdivision | 75 | 1.6 ppb |
| Pinecrest Mountain S/D | 67 | 12.9 ppb |
Next steps for Savannah, GA
Look up your address in The Orchard Development'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 The Orchard Development 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.