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Lead in Georgia Drinking Water

Ranked by 90th percentile lead level (ppb) · Data from EPA SDWIS & UCMR

372
Cities Tested
9
Exceeds Limit
2%
% Exceeds Limit
2.8 ppb
State Avg
▼ 0% vs national
vs National
299
Health Violations

Lead in Georgia: what the data shows

Georgia has 372 cities with lead monitoring data, with very few cities exceeding the EPA action level of 15 ppb. The state average 90th percentile lead level is 2.8 ppb, compared to 3.3 ppb nationally — better than the national average. 9 cities exceed the 15 ppb action level. High lead levels in tap water typically indicate aging infrastructure — lead service lines, lead solder in older plumbing, or lead-containing brass fixtures. There is no safe level of lead exposure for children. The 90th percentile measurement means that 90% of tap samples in a city are at or below the reported level. This is the standard EPA uses under the Lead and Copper Rule to determine if a water system needs to take corrective action. An NSF 53-certified pitcher or under-sink filter can effectively remove lead at the tap.

Cities exceeding 15 ppb EPA Action Level

Georgia
2%
9 of 372 cities
= Exactly at national rate
National avg
2%
352 of 15325 cities

Lead data across Georgia

Each dot is a city, colored by overall water quality grade. Cities with lead levels above the 15 ppb EPA action level are highlighted. Size reflects population served.

All Georgia cities ranked by lead level

# City Level Level Exceeds? Violations Grade
1 Uvalda 165.0 ppb
Yes 1
D
2 Ocilla 30.5 ppb
Yes 4
C-
3 Alapaha 26.0 ppb
Yes 3
C+
4 Willacoochee 23.0 ppb
Yes 11
D+
5 Newton 21.0 ppb
Yes 1
D+
6 Auburn 20.5 ppb
Yes 11
F
7 Sparta 19.5 ppb
Yes 4
D
8 Franklin Springs 19.0 ppb
Yes 0
B
9 Norcross 16.0 ppb
Yes 0
C
10 Rochelle 13.0 ppb
No 1
B
11 Glenwood 12.5 ppb
No 6
B-
12 Flowery Branch 12.0 ppb
No 0
B+
13 Soperton 11.1 ppb
No 3
A-
14 Kings Bay (U.S. Navy) 11.0 ppb
No 7
B+
15 Fort Stewart 11.0 ppb
No 0
A-
16 Dudley 11.0 ppb
No 0
B-
17 Port Wentworth 10.0 ppb
No 6
D+
18 Wadley 10.0 ppb
No 1
B
19 Dublin 9.7 ppb
No 3
F
20 Pooler 8.1 ppb
No 9
D+
21 Jekyll Island 7.8 ppb
No 2
A
22 Pelham 7.6 ppb
No 10
C-
23 Cochran 7.5 ppb
No 1
B-
24 Pembroke 7.3 ppb
No 0
C-
25 Walthourville 7.0 ppb
No 1
D
26 Green Cove Springs 6.9 ppb
No 2
A-
27 Macon 6.8 ppb
No 3
C+
28 Pavo 6.7 ppb
No 0
B+
29 Woodland 6.7 ppb
No 6
B+
30 Elberton 6.4 ppb
No 1
D+
31 Marshallville 6.1 ppb
No 12
B-
32 Alpharetta 6.0 ppb
No 4
F
33 Social Circle 6.0 ppb
No 3
B
34 Reynolds 6.0 ppb
No 9
C-
35 Athens 5.8 ppb
No 52
F
36 Davisboro 5.7 ppb
No 1
B+
37 Whitesburg 5.7 ppb
No 0
B
38 Decatur 5.5 ppb
No 0
B+
39 Millen 5.4 ppb
No 2
A-
40 Concord 5.4 ppb
No 0
A-
41 Hahira 5.3 ppb
No 36
D
42 Louisville 5.0 ppb
No 2
B+
43 Gibson 4.9 ppb
No 24
D
44 Toccoa Falls 4.8 ppb
No 1
A-
45 Cataula 4.7 ppb
No 2
B
46 Byron 4.7 ppb
No 0
B+
47 Mount Airy 4.5 ppb
No 3
A-
48 Ideal 4.5 ppb
No 1
B
49 Leary 4.4 ppb
No 0
B
50 Thomaston 4.2 ppb
No 15
C+
51 Union City 4.2 ppb
No 12
B-
52 Fairburn 4.2 ppb
No 2
B
53 Hapeville 4.2 ppb
No 3
B
54 Milan 4.2 ppb
No 0
B
55 Bowman 4.1 ppb
No 0
B
56 Chester 4.0 ppb
No 1
A-
57 Kingston 4.0 ppb
No 1
B
58 Americus 3.9 ppb
No 35
F
59 Sea Island 3.9 ppb
No 3
B+
60 Menlo 3.9 ppb
No 1
B
61 Enigma 3.8 ppb
No 1
B-
62 Trenton 3.6 ppb
No 1
B+
63 Yatesville 3.6 ppb
No 0
B
64 Hoboken 3.6 ppb
No 0
A-
65 Lula 3.5 ppb
No 1
B+
66 Lyerly 3.5 ppb
No 0
B+
67 Statenville 3.5 ppb
No 24
D+
68 Rabun Gap 3.5 ppb
No 3
C
69 Sandersville 3.4 ppb
No 2
B
70 Lincolnton 3.4 ppb
No 13
B-
71 Metter 3.4 ppb
No 5
B
72 Thunderbolt 3.4 ppb
No 4
C+
73 Morganton 3.4 ppb
No 1
B
74 Twin City 3.3 ppb
No 18
D
75 Ludowici 3.3 ppb
No 26
D
76 Martinez 3.2 ppb
No 3
B-
77 Flintstone 3.2 ppb
No 0
B
78 Union Point 3.1 ppb
No 8
A-
79 Blairsville 3.0 ppb
No 11
F
80 Folkston 3.0 ppb
No 4
A
81 Nicholson 3.0 ppb
No 3
B
82 Warrenton 3.0 ppb
No 53
D
83 Sparks 3.0 ppb
No 1
A-
84 Mcintyre 3.0 ppb
No 0
A-
85 Ellabell 3.0 ppb
No 0
B+
86 Marietta 2.9 ppb
No 5
B+
87 Dawson 2.8 ppb
No 3
A-
88 Jeffersonville 2.8 ppb
No 1
C+
89 Bronwood 2.8 ppb
No 1
B+
90 Ringgold 2.7 ppb
No 11
B-
91 Danielsville 2.7 ppb
No 9
D+
92 Irwinton 2.7 ppb
No 0
B+
93 Emerson 2.7 ppb
No 2
A
94 Meigs 2.7 ppb
No 2
A-
95 Doerun 2.7 ppb
No 2
B-
96 Lexington 2.7 ppb
No 33
D
97 Smyrna 2.6 ppb
No 0
B+
98 Austell 2.6 ppb
No 1
B+
99 Abbeville 2.6 ppb
No 2
B+
100 Donalsonville 2.6 ppb
No 1
A-
101 Plains 2.6 ppb
No 2
A-
102 Thomson 2.5 ppb
No 28
D
103 Cleveland 2.5 ppb
No 15
F
104 Fort Valley 2.5 ppb
No 0
A
105 Pearson 2.5 ppb
No 1
B
106 Stillmore 2.5 ppb
No 2
C
107 Pitts 2.5 ppb
No 0
A-
108 Funston 2.5 ppb
No 0
A-
109 Homer 2.4 ppb
No 10
C+
110 Colquitt 2.4 ppb
No 3
A-
111 Douglasville 2.3 ppb
No 0
A
112 La Fayette 2.3 ppb
No 1
B
113 Ellijay 2.3 ppb
No 9
C+
114 Lavonia 2.3 ppb
No 1
A-
115 Maysville 2.3 ppb
No 17
C-
116 Morven 2.3 ppb
No 1
A-
117 Oxford 2.3 ppb
No 0
B+
118 Sylvester 2.2 ppb
No 5
A-
119 Rock Spring 2.2 ppb
No 2
A-
120 Dexter 2.2 ppb
No 1
A-
121 Tignall 2.2 ppb
No 2
A-
122 Milledgeville 2.1 ppb
No 33
D
123 Oglethorpe 2.1 ppb
No 0
A-
124 Wrens 2.1 ppb
No 1
A-
125 Sale City 2.1 ppb
No 3
B
126 Demorest 2.0 ppb
No 1
B+
127 Moultrie 2.0 ppb
No 5
C-
128 Alamo 2.0 ppb
No 8
A
129 Vienna 2.0 ppb
No 0
A-
130 Rentz 2.0 ppb
No 1
A
131 Boston 2.0 ppb
No 0
A-
132 Pineview 2.0 ppb
No 1
A-
133 Washington 1.9 ppb
No 11
B+
134 Montezuma 1.9 ppb
No 1
A-
135 Gordon 1.9 ppb
No 6
B
136 Warm Springs 1.9 ppb
No 34
B
137 Waverly Hall 1.9 ppb
No 0
D+
138 Brooks 1.9 ppb
No 3
B-
139 Sumner 1.9 ppb
No 3
A-
140 Hartwell 1.8 ppb
No 53
F
141 Hoschton 1.8 ppb
No 3
B+
142 Blakely 1.8 ppb
No 7
C-
143 Rockmart 1.8 ppb
No 0
A
144 Comer 1.8 ppb
No 7
B+
145 Coolidge 1.8 ppb
No 0
A-
146 Conyers 1.7 ppb
No 14
D+
147 East Point 1.7 ppb
No 5
B
148 Leesburg 1.7 ppb
No 7
C-
149 Mcrae 1.7 ppb
No 2
A+
150 Adairsville 1.7 ppb
No 2
A
151 Greensboro 1.7 ppb
No 46
C-
152 Unadilla 1.7 ppb
No 4
A-
153 Wrightsville 1.7 ppb
No 5
A-
154 Pinehurst 1.7 ppb
No 0
A-
155 Woodbine 1.7 ppb
No 2
B-
156 Ochlocknee 1.7 ppb
No 1
B+
157 Villa Rica 1.6 ppb
No 1
B-
158 Clayton 1.6 ppb
No 1
A-
159 Buena Vista 1.6 ppb
No 17
F
160 Zebulon 1.6 ppb
No 0
A-
161 Hazlehurst 1.6 ppb
No 7
C+
162 Ashburn 1.6 ppb
No 0
A-
163 Ellaville 1.6 ppb
No 0
B+
164 Cusseta 1.6 ppb
No 0
B+
165 Lakeland 1.6 ppb
No 4
B
166 Hiram 1.6 ppb
No 2
B+
167 Midville 1.6 ppb
No 1
A-
168 Cadwell 1.6 ppb
No 1
A
169 Kathleen 1.5 ppb
No 0
A-
170 Trion 1.5 ppb
No 2
B-
171 Eastman 1.5 ppb
No 2
A
172 Tybee Island 1.5 ppb
No 1
B+
173 East Dublin 1.5 ppb
No 4
A
174 Lumber City 1.5 ppb
No 1
A-
175 White 1.5 ppb
No 0
B+
176 Columbus 1.4 ppb
No 0
B+
177 Cartersville 1.4 ppb
No 6
B
178 Warner Robins 1.4 ppb
No 7
B-
179 Fort Stewart (U.S. Army) 1.4 ppb
No 6
A
180 Franklin 1.4 ppb
No 11
B-
181 Nashville 1.4 ppb
No 3
A
182 Ball Ground 1.4 ppb
No 1
A-
183 Hamilton 1.4 ppb
No 0
A-
184 Flovilla 1.4 ppb
No 1
A-
185 Sardis 1.4 ppb
No 5
A-
186 Adrian 1.4 ppb
No 1
B
187 Ty Ty 1.4 ppb
No 0
A
188 Temple 1.3 ppb
No 3
B
189 Newnan 1.3 ppb
No 4
B
190 Fayetteville 1.3 ppb
No 19
C
191 Calhoun 1.3 ppb
No 1
B+
192 Centerville 1.3 ppb
No 3
A
193 Martin 1.3 ppb
No 6
B
194 Morgan 1.3 ppb
No 1
A-
195 Baconton 1.3 ppb
No 2
B+
196 Turin 1.3 ppb
No 0
B-
197 Barwick 1.3 ppb
No 1
A
198 Crawfordville 1.3 ppb
No 10
C+
199 College Park 1.2 ppb
No 0
B
200 Woodstock 1.2 ppb
No 1
B+
201 Bainbridge 1.2 ppb
No 17
D+
202 Commerce 1.2 ppb
No 9
A-
203 Madison 1.2 ppb
No 5
B
204 Alma 1.2 ppb
No 1
B+
205 Royston 1.2 ppb
No 0
B+
206 Luthersville 1.2 ppb
No 0
B-
207 Helen 1.2 ppb
No 1
A-
208 Lenox 1.2 ppb
No 2
A
209 Toomsboro 1.2 ppb
No 3
A
210 Bowersville 1.2 ppb
No 0
B
211 Cumming 1.1 ppb
No 30
F
212 La Grange 1.1 ppb
No 1
B+
213 Hinesville 1.1 ppb
No 24
D
214 Buchanan 1.1 ppb
No 12
C+
215 Barnesville 1.1 ppb
No 10
C
216 Blackshear 1.1 ppb
No 4
B-
217 Nicholls 1.1 ppb
No 0
A-
218 Norman Park 1.1 ppb
No 0
C
219 Richland 1.1 ppb
No 5
B+
220 Canon 1.1 ppb
No 0
B-
221 Sycamore 1.1 ppb
No 0
A-
222 Augusta 1.0 ppb
No 31
F
223 St. Marys 1.0 ppb
No 8
B-
224 Swainsboro 1.0 ppb
No 4
C-
225 Carnesville 1.0 ppb
No 47
D
226 Alto 1.0 ppb
No 13
B+
227 Edison 1.0 ppb
No 0
B-
228 Nahunta 1.0 ppb
No 0
A-
229 Gatlinburg 1.0 ppb
No 1
A-
230 Collins 1.0 ppb
No 1
A
231 Cobbtown 1.0 ppb
No 4
A-
232 Ray City 1.0 ppb
No 1
A-
233 Jackson 1.0 ppb
No 18
D
234 Cave Spring 1.0 ppb
No 2
A
235 Douglas 0.9 ppb
No 14
F
236 Lyons 0.9 ppb
No 32
D
237 Talbotton 0.9 ppb
No 24
D
238 Cordele 0.8 ppb
No 13
D
239 Berlin 0.8 ppb
No 0
A-
240 Adel 0.7 ppb
No 0
A
241 Hogansville 0.7 ppb
No 6
B-
242 Albany 0.7 ppb
No 11
F
243 Savannah 0.7 ppb
No 111
F
244 West Point 0.7 ppb
No 1
B+
245 Arlington 0.6 ppb
No 6
B
246 Atlanta 0.6 ppb
No 21
F
247 Carrollton 0.6 ppb
No 14
C
248 Newington 0.6 ppb
No 2
F
249 Clarkesville 0.6 ppb
No 0
A
250 Winder 0.5 ppb
No 5
B+
251 Greenville 0.5 ppb
No 0
A-
252 Perry 0.3 ppb
No 1
A
253 Homerville 0.3 ppb
No 4
B+
254 Morrow 0.0 ppb
No 1
B+
255 Canton 0.0 ppb
No 5
B
256 Gainesville 0.0 ppb
No 3
C+
257 Dallas 0.0 ppb
No 5
B
258 Dalton 0.0 ppb
No 0
B
259 Rome 0.0 ppb
No 3
B
260 Covington 0.0 ppb
No 20
F
261 Griffin 0.0 ppb
No 9
F
262 Loganville 0.0 ppb
No 3
A
263 Valdosta 0.0 ppb
No 78
F
264 Statesboro 0.0 ppb
No 50
F
265 Jefferson 0.0 ppb
No 8
C+
266 Eatonton 0.0 ppb
No 121
F
267 Brunswick 0.0 ppb
No 23
F
268 Cedartown 0.0 ppb
No 4
B+
269 Watkinsville 0.0 ppb
No 66
F
270 Thomasville 0.0 ppb
No 39
D
271 Waycross 0.0 ppb
No 7
C+
272 Tifton 0.0 ppb
No 6
C-
273 Chatsworth 0.0 ppb
No 3
C-
274 Dawsonville 0.0 ppb
No 11
B-
275 Toccoa 0.0 ppb
No 6
B+
276 Forsyth 0.0 ppb
No 16
C
277 Jasper 0.0 ppb
No 5
B-
278 Monroe 0.0 ppb
No 4
B
279 Gray 0.0 ppb
No 1
D+
280 Kingsland 0.0 ppb
No 12
B
281 Braselton 0.0 ppb
No 1
B
282 Grovetown 0.0 ppb
No 6
B-
283 Rincon 0.0 ppb
No 14
F
284 Richmond Hill 0.0 ppb
No 4
B-
285 Mcdonough 0.0 ppb
No 1
B+
286 Springfield 0.0 ppb
No 3
F
287 Roswell 0.0 ppb
No 10
F
288 Fitzgerald 0.0 ppb
No 27
A-
289 Vidalia 0.0 ppb
No 48
D
290 Young Harris 0.0 ppb
No 0
A
291 Dahlonega 0.0 ppb
No 10
F
292 Locust Grove 0.0 ppb
No 1
B+
293 Jesup 0.0 ppb
No 23
F
294 Summerville 0.0 ppb
No 3
A-
295 Cairo 0.0 ppb
No 23
D
296 Garden City 0.0 ppb
No 4
B+
297 Waleska 0.0 ppb
No 4
B-
298 Camilla 0.0 ppb
No 3
B-
299 Buford 0.0 ppb
No 0
B+
300 Monticello 0.0 ppb
No 25
D+
301 Senoia 0.0 ppb
No 5
C+
302 Fort Oglethorpe 0.0 ppb
No 4
B
303 Blue Ridge 0.0 ppb
No 15
D
304 Darien 0.0 ppb
No 3
C-
305 Hawkinsville 0.0 ppb
No 8
A-
306 Hampton 0.0 ppb
No 2
B-
307 Stockbridge 0.0 ppb
No 1
B+
308 Hephzibah 0.0 ppb
No 11
F
309 Mccaysville 0.0 ppb
No 1
A+
310 Pine Mountain 0.0 ppb
No 2
F
311 Bremen 0.0 ppb
No 2
B+
312 Bowdon 0.0 ppb
No 11
B
313 Cornelia 0.0 ppb
No 2
B
314 Roberta 0.0 ppb
No 7
B+
315 Waynesboro 0.0 ppb
No 1
B-
316 Quitman 0.0 ppb
No 15
B-
317 Baxley 0.0 ppb
No 0
A-
318 Chickamauga 0.0 ppb
No 3
B
319 Glennville 0.0 ppb
No 6
B+
320 Hiawassee 0.0 ppb
No 0
A
321 Manchester 0.0 ppb
No 11
B+
322 Moody Afb 0.0 ppb
No 2
A-
323 Sylvania 0.0 ppb
No 6
B+
324 Palmetto 0.0 ppb
No 0
B
325 Tallapoosa 0.0 ppb
No 0
A-
326 Butler 0.0 ppb
No 24
B-
327 Lumpkin 0.0 ppb
No 6
F
328 Reidsville 0.0 ppb
No 4
C-
329 Baldwin 0.0 ppb
No 3
A-
330 Claxton 0.0 ppb
No 6
D
331 Statham 0.0 ppb
No 3
B-
332 Midway 0.0 ppb
No 47
D
333 Mount Vernon 0.0 ppb
No 37
B+
334 Cuthbert 0.0 ppb
No 5
B
335 Grantville 0.0 ppb
No 11
B
336 Lake Park 0.0 ppb
No 176
F
337 Bloomingdale 0.0 ppb
No 3
B+
338 Georgetown 0.0 ppb
No 2
B
339 Fort Gaines 0.0 ppb
No 8
B-
340 Guyton 0.0 ppb
No 0
B+
341 Tennille 0.0 ppb
No 3
B+
342 Milner 0.0 ppb
No 11
C+
343 Mount Berry 0.0 ppb
No 0
A-
344 Townsend 0.0 ppb
No 12
F
345 Mount Zion 0.0 ppb
No 0
A-
346 Remerton 0.0 ppb
No 23
B
347 Brooklet 0.0 ppb
No 1
B+
348 Omega 0.0 ppb
No 5
B+
349 Blythe 0.0 ppb
No 0
A-
350 Crawford 0.0 ppb
No 44
D
351 Broxton 0.0 ppb
No 1
B+
352 Ivey 0.0 ppb
No 2
B+
353 Riceboro 0.0 ppb
No 2
A-
354 Shellman 0.0 ppb
No 4
B
355 Screven 0.0 ppb
No 2
A-
356 Homeland 0.0 ppb
No 13
A-
357 Rutledge 0.0 ppb
No 0
B-
358 Woodbury 0.0 ppb
No 4
A
359 Whigham 0.0 ppb
No 0
A-
360 Poulan 0.0 ppb
No 2
A
361 Patterson 0.0 ppb
No 1
A-
362 Preston 0.0 ppb
No 0
B+
363 Portal 0.0 ppb
No 1
B-
364 Williamson 0.0 ppb
No 1
B
365 Smithville 0.0 ppb
No 1
B+
366 Attapulgus 0.0 ppb
No 15
C+
367 Odum 0.0 ppb
No 0
A-
368 Westminster 0.0 ppb
No 2
B+
369 Manor 0.0 ppb
No 1
B+
370 Ailey 0.0 ppb
No 25
C+
371 Allenhurst 0.0 ppb
No 6
B-
372 Shiloh 0.0 ppb
No 1
B+

Frequently asked questions about lead in Georgia

Is lead in Georgia tap water a concern?

Yes — 9 of 372 cities with lead data exceed the EPA action level of 15 ppb. The state average is 2.8 ppb. Even below the action level, lead poses health risks especially for children and pregnant women. If your home was built before 1986, consider testing your tap water directly.

How can I reduce lead exposure from Georgia tap water?

Use an NSF 53-certified water filter, which is specifically certified to reduce lead. Run your cold tap for 30 seconds before drinking or cooking, especially if water has been sitting in pipes for hours. Never use hot tap water for cooking or making baby formula, as heat increases lead leaching from pipes.

Which Georgia cities have the highest lead levels?

The cities with the highest 90th percentile lead levels in Georgia are: Uvalda (165.0 ppb), Ocilla (30.5 ppb), Alapaha (26.0 ppb), Willacoochee (23.0 ppb), Newton (21.0 ppb). See the full ranked table above.