Timber Lake I (Sc3750006), GA
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2024-2024). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
About Timber Lake I (Sc3750006)
Timber Lake I (Sc3750006) serves about 283 people through 118 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Oconee County, Georgia. EPA system ID: SC3750006; phone on file: 706-543-9353. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2023 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Timber Lake I (Sc3750006) is 24 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 24 ppb over 15 |
| 2019 | 1 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
How Timber Lake I (Sc3750006) 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. Timber Lake I (Sc3750006)'s reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 29th percentile in Georgia and the 18th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Oconee County
26 other systems share Oconee County; 19 of them have a higher latest lead result than Timber Lake I (Sc3750006). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Oconee County | 30,162 | 0 (not detected) |
| Port Bass I (Sc3750002) | 681 | 0 (not detected) |
| Brookwood Estates Subdivision | 602 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fieldstone/Canyon Creek Sd | 367 | 4.6 ppb |
| Northwest Woods Subdivision | 238 | 2 ppb |
| Woodlands Subdivision/Oconee Village Apt | 234 | 2.4 ppb |
| Fernwood Subdivision | 218 | 1.2 ppb |
| Port Bass Ii (Sc3750012) | 165 | 0 (not detected) |
| Elder Heights Subdivision | 154 | 5.9 ppb |
| Barnetts Bluff | 149 | 0.7 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Athens, 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 Timber Lake I (Sc3750006) 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. More in what a past exceedance means today.