Upson Co.-Lincoln Park Ws, GA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.51 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
Upson Co.-Lincoln Park Ws at a glance
Upson Co.-Lincoln Park Ws serves about 886 people through 335 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Upson County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA2930048; phone on file: 706-647-7012. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Upson Co.-Lincoln Park Ws's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (0.43 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Upson Co.-Lincoln Park Ws is 0.51 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.51 ppb |
| 2022 | 0.43 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. Upson Co.-Lincoln Park Ws's 0.51 ppb sits at the 47th percentile in Georgia and the 43rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
8 other systems share Upson County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Upson Co.-Lincoln Park Ws. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Thomaston | 12,482 | 0.95 ppb |
| Upson County | 5,243 | 4.2 ppb |
| Grace Neal & Vestavia Sd | 729 | 1.9 ppb |
| Yatesville | 537 | 4.1 ppb |
| Country Village Subdivision | 486 | 0 (not detected) |
| Arrowhead Lake Water Assoc. | 270 | 1.9 ppb |
| Buffington | 170 | 1.4 ppb |
| Stagecoach Estates | 46 | 3.4 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Thomaston, 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 Upson Co.-Lincoln Park Ws 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.