Walton Co. Water & Sewer Auth., GA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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.
About Walton Co. Water & Sewer Auth.
Walton Co. Water & Sewer Auth. serves about 45,230 people through 16,752 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Walton County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA2970008; phone on file: 770-466-7887. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is up 3 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Walton Co. Water & Sewer Auth. is 3.5 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 2.8 ppb |
| 2018 | 3.5 ppb |
| 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. Walton Co. Water & Sewer Auth.'s 3 ppb sits at the 84th percentile in Georgia and the 83rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Walton County
10 other systems share Walton County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Walton Co. Water & Sewer Auth.. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Monroe | 25,248 | 0 (not detected) |
| Social Circle | 5,470 | 6 ppb |
| Jersey | 435 | 0.6 ppb |
| Hillside Village Mhp, Inc. | 221 | 1.3 ppb |
| Rivermist Subdivision | 97 | 3.3 ppb |
| Mountain Ridge Subdivision | 86 | 1.4 ppb |
| Creekside At Riverstone | 73 | 0 (not detected) |
| Camp Lake Crossing | 54 | 2.4 ppb |
| Bearden Estates | 54 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wildwood Estates | 46 | 1.3 ppb |
Next steps for Loganville, GA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Loganville, 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 Walton Co. Water & Sewer Auth. 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.