Trahlyta Trace Subdivision, GA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2025-2027). 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
Trahlyta Trace Subdivision serves about 60 people through 22 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Lumpkin County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA1870047; phone on file: 678-654-9963. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Trahlyta Trace Subdivision is 8 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2027 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2019 | 8 ppb |
| 2018 | 7.7 ppb |
| 2017 | 3.7 ppb |
| 2017 | 3 ppb |
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. Trahlyta Trace Subdivision's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 8th percentile in Georgia and the 5th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
32 other systems share Lumpkin County; 30 of them have a higher latest lead result than Trahlyta Trace Subdivision. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Dahlonega | 7,500 | 1 ppb |
| Lumpkin Co. - 400 Water System | 2,379 | 1.3 ppb |
| Life Teen At Hidden Lake Water System | 390 | 0 (not detected) |
| Crawford Falls Subdivivision | 372 | 2.6 ppb |
| Brookwood & Cedar Springs Subdivisions | 334 | 1.9 ppb |
| Blueridge Overlook Subdivision | 332 | 0.6 ppb |
| Castleberry Ridge Subdivision | 248 | 2.7 ppb |
| Lumpkin Co. - Sherwood Forest Subd. | 208 | 7.1 ppb |
| Mill Creek Station | 205 | 5.4 ppb |
| Lumpkin Co. - Greenwood Park S/D | 190 | 4.6 ppb |
Next steps for Dahlonega, GA
Look up your address in Trahlyta Trace Subdivision'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 Trahlyta Trace Subdivision 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.