Usn-Kings Bay Submarine Base, GA
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 11 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. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
About Usn-Kings Bay Submarine Base
Usn-Kings Bay Submarine Base serves about 9,730 people through 800 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is federally owned and draws groundwater, in Camden County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA0390013; phone on file: 912-573-8869. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2023 (11 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Usn-Kings Bay Submarine Base is 11 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (2 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 ppb over 10 |
| 2023 | 11 ppb over 10 |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 2.5 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. Usn-Kings Bay Submarine Base's 11 ppb sits at the 98th percentile in Georgia and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
9 other systems share Camden County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Usn-Kings Bay Submarine Base. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Kingsland | 25,245 | 0 (not detected) |
| St. Marys | 19,994 | 1 ppb |
| Woodbine | 1,512 | 1.7 ppb |
| Sanctuary Cove Water System | 1,018 | 0 (not detected) |
| Elliott`S Bluff | 419 | 0 (not detected) |
| River Place Plantation | 350 | 0 (not detected) |
| Davis Bluff Estates | 100 | 0 (not detected) |
| Camden Co.-Flea Hill Recreation, Inc. | 90 | 0 (not detected) |
| Estates At Sanctuary Cove | 47 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Kings Bay, GA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Kings Bay, 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 Usn-Kings Bay Submarine Base 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. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.