Wiregrass Estates Subdivision, GA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.6 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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.
Wiregrass Estates Subdivision at a glance
Wiregrass Estates Subdivision serves about 52 people through 46 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Long County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA1830059; phone on file: 912-265-5360. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Wiregrass Estates Subdivision's lead record
Against the period ending 2020 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Wiregrass Estates Subdivision is 0.6 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Wiregrass Estates Subdivision's 0.6 ppb sits at the 48th percentile in Georgia and the 44th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Long County
51 other systems share Long County; 18 of them have a higher latest lead result than Wiregrass Estates Subdivision. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Ludowici Water System | 1,651 | 3.3 ppb |
| Crawford Water System | 724 | 0.7 ppb |
| Timberland-Huntington Subdivision | 621 | 0 (not detected) |
| Garrison Place-Summer Hill | 513 | 5.3 ppb |
| Horse Creek Farms | 500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Oakdale Mobile Home Park | 268 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lanier Road Water System | 262 | 4.6 ppb |
| Briarcrest-Palmer Place | 234 | 0 (not detected) |
| Morgan Tract Subdivision | 222 | 0.68 ppb |
| Burnt Pines | 198 | 0.6 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Midway, 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 Wiregrass Estates Subdivision 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.