Zebulon, GA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.6 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. 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 Zebulon
Zebulon serves about 5,407 people through 723 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Pike County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA2310004; phone on file: 770-567-8748. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is up 1.6 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Zebulon is 2.2 ppb across 10 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2018 | 2.2 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.2 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.2 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. Zebulon's 1.6 ppb sits at the 69th percentile in Georgia and the 65th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
8 other systems share Pike County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Zebulon. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Pike Co - Rural Delvelopment Division | 1,080 | 1.2 ppb |
| Concord | 751 | 5.4 ppb |
| Williamson | 683 | 0 (not detected) |
| Molena | 437 | 4.7 ppb |
| Meansville | 338 | 15 ppb |
| Stephens Properties | 97 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ga Baptist Children`S Home - Meansville | 51 | 11.8 ppb |
| Teen Challenge | 37 | 4.5 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Zebulon, 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 Zebulon 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.