White Plains, GA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4 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.
Who runs the water here
White Plains serves about 497 people through 184 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Greene County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA1330003; phone on file: 706-817-8294. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2023 (4.8 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for White Plains is 4.8 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 ppb |
| 2023 | 4.8 ppb |
How White Plains compares
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. White Plains's 4 ppb sits at the 88th percentile in Georgia and the 87th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
21 other systems share Greene County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than White Plains. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Reynolds Plantation | 13,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Greensboro | 2,834 | 0 (not detected) |
| Union Point | 2,114 | 3.1 ppb |
| Harbor Club On Lake Oconee | 1,701 | 0 (not detected) |
| Walker Church Water System | 928 | 0 (not detected) |
| Siloam | 494 | 1.4 ppb |
| Indian Hill Estates Subdivision | 473 | 2.6 ppb |
| Woodville | 367 | 3 ppb |
| Parks Mill Crossing Subdivision | 304 | 0 (not detected) |
| Eagles View | 267 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; White Plains, 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 White Plains 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.