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What About Lead?

Tifton-Tift County Water System - click here to return to the utility page.

According to EWG’s analysis of 2019 lead testing results, this utility complied with federal water quality regulations for lead. Under the federal Lead and Copper Rule, lead concentrations must be below 15 parts per billion (ppb) in 90 percent of households sampled. If this legal limit is exceeded, the water utility must apply measures to control lead leaching from water pipes.

Number of lead samples taken in 2019: 30

Highest level detected in 2019: 1.2 ppb

Levels of lead detected


Complying with the EPA's lead rules doesn't mean that the water is safe for children to drink. The EPA’s recent modeling suggests that lead concentrations in the 3.8 to 15 ppb range can put a formula-fed baby at risk of elevated blood lead levels. In 2009, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment set a public health goal level of 0.2 ppb for lead in drinking water to protect against even subtle IQ loss in children.

Lead Results, 2019

Samples in red indicate that the sample is above the EPA action level.

DateLab IDResult
2019-09-09AK300291.20 ppb
2019-09-10AK306331.10 ppb
2019-09-09AK30034ND
2019-09-16AK31497ND
2019-09-16AK31496ND
2019-09-11AK30611ND
2019-09-11AK30609ND
2019-09-10AK30610ND
2019-09-10AK30608ND
2019-09-10AK30607ND
2019-09-09AK30612ND
2019-09-09AK30102ND
2019-09-09AK30101ND
2019-09-09AK30100ND
2019-09-09AK30096ND
2019-09-09AK30093ND
2019-09-08AK30094ND
2019-09-09AK30033ND
2019-09-09AK30032ND
2019-09-09AK30031ND
2019-09-09AK30030ND
2019-09-09AK30028ND
2019-09-09AK30027ND
2019-09-09AK30026ND
2019-09-09AK30025ND
2019-09-09AK30024ND
2019-09-08AK30099ND
2019-09-08AK30098ND
2019-09-08AK30097ND
2019-09-08AK30095ND
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