Twiggs Co.-Kaolin Heights S/D, GA
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 5.2 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. 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.
Twiggs Co.-Kaolin Heights S/D at a glance
Twiggs Co.-Kaolin Heights S/D serves about 41 people through 15 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Twiggs County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA2890012; phone on file: 478-945-3629. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is down 3.8 ppb from 9 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Twiggs Co.-Kaolin Heights S/D is 68 ppb across 16 monitoring periods, 11 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 5.2 ppb |
| 2025 | 9 ppb |
| 2025 | 30 ppb over 15 |
| 2024 | 18.5 ppb over 15 |
| 2024 | 9.5 ppb |
| 2023 | 23 ppb over 15 |
| 2023 | 11 ppb over 10 |
| 2022 | 9.8 ppb |
| 2022 | 21.5 ppb over 15 |
| 2021 | 17.5 ppb over 15 |
| 2018 | 68 ppb over 15 |
| 2018 | 22 ppb over 15 |
| 2017 | 31 ppb over 15 |
| 2017 | 20.5 ppb over 15 |
| 2016 | 21.5 ppb over 15 |
| 2016 | 24 ppb over 15 |
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. Twiggs Co.-Kaolin Heights S/D's 5.2 ppb sits at the 92nd percentile in Georgia and the 91st nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
8 other systems share Twiggs County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Twiggs Co.-Kaolin Heights S/D. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Jeffersonville | 1,988 | 2.8 ppb |
| Danville | 383 | 1.5 ppb |
| Twiggs County Hwy 96/I16 | 300 | 0 (not detected) |
| Twiggs County- General Twiggs Drive | 92 | 0.5 ppb |
| East Ocmulgee Acres S/D | 81 | 6.8 ppb |
| Pavati Water Company, Llc | 49 | 8.7 ppb |
| Twiggs Co.-Blackbottom Ws | 46 | 4.6 ppb |
| Marion Estates Subdivision | 30 | 4.3 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Jeffersonville, 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 Twiggs Co.-Kaolin Heights S/D 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. More in what a past exceedance means today.