Willacoochee Water System, GA
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.4 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.
Who runs the water here
Willacoochee Water System serves about 1,723 people through 650 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 groundwater, in Atkinson County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA0030001; phone on file: 912-534-5152. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Willacoochee Water System's lead record
That is down 19.6 ppb from 23 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Willacoochee Water System is 23 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 3.4 ppb |
| 2025 | 23 ppb over 15 |
| 2022 | 5 ppb |
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. Willacoochee Water System's 3.4 ppb sits at the 86th percentile in Georgia and the 85th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
4 other systems share Atkinson County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Willacoochee Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Pearson | 2,200 | 2.5 ppb |
| Heritage Hills | 132 | 0.5 ppb |
| Triple O Mobile Home Park | 73 | 0.5 ppb |
| The Oaks Subdivision | 58 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Willacoochee, 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 Willacoochee Water System 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. More in what a past exceedance means today.