Lead service line check
Is your water service line lead? Check your utility's record
Every water utility must make its service line inventory public and write to homes whose line is lead, galvanized or unknown. Find yours, see what the listing and the letter mean, and what you can do about your part of the line.
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1. Find your utility and look up your line
Your water bill names the utility; each row lists the cities it serves. What each utility publishes was read on its own website on October 24, 2026. If yours isn't listed, Georgia EPD's statewide service line dashboard shows the systems that post there, after a disclaimer.
Cherokee County Water and Sewerage Authority (CCWSA) Address lookup
Serves Canton, Holly Springs, Woodstock, Cherokee County
CCWSA's inventory of its own and customers' service lines is searchable by address; it lists lines as non-lead or lead status unknown.
Source: Cherokee County Water and Sewerage Authority (CCWSA), read October 24, 2026
City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management On Georgia EPD’s dashboard
Serves Atlanta, Sandy Springs
Atlanta says it hasn't found any lead service lines so far, and sends customers to Georgia EPD's dashboard for its inventory.
Source: City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management, read October 24, 2026
City of Austell Public Works On Georgia EPD’s dashboard
Serves Austell
Austell's 2025 water quality report sends customers to Georgia EPD's statewide dashboard for its service line inventory.
Source: City of Austell Public Works, read October 24, 2026
City of Cartersville Water Department Posted list
Serves Cartersville
Cartersville posts its 2024 inventory as an address-by-address list.
Source: City of Cartersville Water Department, read October 24, 2026
City of Dallas Public Works In its water report
Serves Dallas
Dallas's water quality report links its service line inventory.
Source: City of Dallas Public Works, read October 24, 2026
City of Emerson Water and Sewer Department At City Hall
Serves Emerson
Emerson's 2025 water report says a copy of the inventory can be seen at City Hall.
Source: City of Emerson Water and Sewer Department, read October 24, 2026
City of Fayetteville Water and Sewer Ask the city
Serves Fayetteville
Fayetteville completed an inventory of more than 7,500 service lines; about 200 showed some type of lead material, and the city sends letters and verifies a line’s material on request.
Source: City of Fayetteville Water and Sewer, read October 24, 2026
City of Hapeville Water and Sewer Division Not public yet
Serves Hapeville
Hapeville says its inventory will be open to the public once it has been completed and reviewed.
Source: City of Hapeville Water and Sewer Division, read October 24, 2026
City of Smyrna Water and Sewer Division Inventory map
Serves Smyrna
Smyrna says its inventory found the system lead free and has published it.
Source: City of Smyrna Water and Sewer Division, read October 24, 2026
City of Woodstock Water & Sewer Utility Inventory map
Serves Woodstock
Woodstock's 2025 water quality report links its published lead service line inventory.
Source: City of Woodstock Water & Sewer Utility, read October 24, 2026
Clayton County Water Authority (CCWA) Address lookup
Serves Ellenwood, Jonesboro, Lake City, Rex, Riverdale, Clayton County
CCWA submitted its inventory in October 2024 and has a public portal where you can find your property.
Source: Clayton County Water Authority (CCWA), read October 24, 2026
Cobb County Water System Inventory map
Serves Acworth, Kennesaw, Mableton, Powder Springs, Vinings, Cobb County
Cobb County Water System says it found no lead or galvanized-requiring-replacement lines; its whole inventory is listed as non-lead, and it has a mapped inventory and a form to report your own line's material.
Source: Cobb County Water System, read October 24, 2026
Coweta County Water and Sewerage Authority Inventory page
Serves Coweta County
The authority posts its 2025 lead service line inventory, which opens after you accept its terms of use.
Source: Coweta County Water and Sewerage Authority, read October 24, 2026
Cumming Utilities (City of Cumming) Inventory map
Serves Cumming
Cumming Utilities links an interactive lead service line map and a form to report your line's material.
Source: Cumming Utilities (City of Cumming), read October 24, 2026
DeKalb County Department of Watershed Management Address lookup
Serves Decatur, Doraville, Dunwoody, Ellenwood, Lithonia, Stone Mountain, Tucker, DeKalb County
DeKalb reported no lead pipes in its inventory and has a "Check Your Line" map and a form to report your own line.
Source: DeKalb County Department of Watershed Management, read October 24, 2026
Douglasville-Douglas County Water and Sewer Authority On Georgia EPD’s dashboard
Serves Douglasville, Lithia Springs, Douglas County
WSA says its inventory found no lead, galvanized-requiring-replacement or lead-status-unknown service lines; its page links the inventory on Georgia EPD's dashboard.
Source: Douglasville-Douglas County Water and Sewer Authority, read October 24, 2026
Forsyth County Department of Water & Sewer Address lookup
Serves Forsyth County
Forsyth County says no lead pipes are known to be in its water system and links a GIS portal to check your line.
Source: Forsyth County Department of Water & Sewer, read October 24, 2026
Fulton County Department of Public Works Address lookup
Serves Alpharetta, Johns Creek, Milton, Roswell, Fulton County
Fulton County first published its inventory in October 2024 and is still working down its unknown lines; it mails yearly letters for lead and unknown lines and takes owners' own reports.
Source: Fulton County Department of Public Works, read October 24, 2026
Gwinnett County Department of Water Resources Address lookup
Serves Duluth, Lawrenceville, Lilburn, Norcross, Suwanee, Gwinnett County
Gwinnett says it has no lead service lines and offers an inventory map searchable by address.
Source: Gwinnett County Department of Water Resources, read October 24, 2026
Henry County Water Authority (HCWA) Address lookup
Serves Ellenwood, Henry County
HCWA links a service line inventory map where you enter your address to see your private line's status.
Source: Henry County Water Authority (HCWA), read October 24, 2026
Marietta Water (Marietta Power & Water) Address lookup
Serves Marietta
Marietta Water says its completed inventory found no lead service lines, and it links an address lookup.
Source: Marietta Water (Marietta Power & Water), read October 24, 2026
Newnan Utilities On Georgia EPD’s dashboard
Serves Newnan
Newnan Utilities sends customers to Georgia EPD’s statewide dashboard for its inventory (you accept a disclaimer first) and is checking homes built before 1990.
Source: Newnan Utilities, read October 24, 2026
Paulding County Water System Inventory map
Serves Dallas, Hiram, Paulding County
Paulding County Water System links a map of its service line inventory.
Source: Paulding County Water System, read October 24, 2026
Rockdale County Water Resources Inventory map
Serves Rockdale County
Rockdale's Lead and Copper Rule page links a "Lead and Copper Status" map.
Source: Rockdale County Water Resources, read October 24, 2026
Roswell Water Utility Address lookup
Serves Roswell
Roswell has a GIS portal where residents can check the classification of their service line material.
Source: Roswell Water Utility, read October 24, 2026
No public inventory link found on these utilities' pages on October 24, 2026:
- City of Canton Water and Sewer Department (Canton)
- City of College Park Water and Sewer Division (College Park)
- City of Covington Water Resources (Covington)
- City of East Point Water & Sewer Department (East Point)
- City of Fairburn Utilities Department (Fairburn)
- City of Griffin Water & Wastewater (Griffin)
- City of Hampton Utilities Department (Hampton)
- City of Hiram Utilities (Hiram)
- City of Locust Grove Public Works (Locust Grove)
- City of Loganville Public Utilities (Loganville)
- City of McDonough Water Distribution and Sewer Collection (McDonough)
- City of Stockbridge Water Department (Stockbridge)
- City of Union City Water and Sewer Division (Union City)
- City of Villa Rica Utilities Department (Villa Rica)
Your water bill or the utility's yearly water quality report says how to see the inventory, or ask the utility.
Peachtree City, Rockmart, Senoia, Tyrone: we haven't confirmed the water utility on its own pages; check the name on your water bill.
2. What the inventory categories mean
Federal rules sort every service line, or each owner's part of a shared line, into four categories (40 CFR 141.84(a)(4), the rule in force until November 1, 2027); the updated rule keeps the same four from then on (141.84(a)(3)):
| Category | What it means |
|---|---|
| Lead | The line is made of lead (141.84(a)(4)(i)); Georgia EPD counts a line as lead when any part of it is lead (EPD). From November 1, 2027 a lead-lined galvanized line also counts as lead (141.2). |
| Galvanized requiring replacement | Galvanized steel pipe that is or ever was downstream of a lead line, or is downstream of a line whose material is unknown; if the utility can't show it was never downstream of lead, it must presume it was (141.84(a)(4)(ii)). |
| Non-lead | Records, an inspection or another evidence-based method show it is neither lead nor galvanized requiring replacement. The utility may list the material instead, such as copper or plastic (141.84(a)(4)(iii)). |
| Lead status unknown (or Unknown) | The utility doesn't have the evidence yet to call it lead, galvanized requiring replacement or non-lead (141.84(a)(4)(iv)). It is not a finding that the line is lead. |
Georgia EPD adds galvanized not requiring replacement: galvanized pipe the utility can show was never downstream of a lead line (Georgia EPD inventory guidance).
3. What the letter from your utility means
A utility with lead, galvanized-requiring-replacement or unknown lines in its inventory must notify the people served by each of them within 30 days of finishing the inventory and then every year, until the line is no longer in those categories (40 CFR 141.85(e), the rule in force until November 1, 2027). In Georgia the first notices were due by November 15, 2024, and they can come by mail, with the water bill, by hand or by email (Georgia EPD notification guidance).
- “Your line is lead”: the notice must explain the health effects of lead and the steps you can take to reduce exposure, give the chances to replace the line and programs that help owners pay for their part, and say the utility is required to replace its part when the owner tells it they are replacing theirs (141.85(e)(3)(i)) (Georgia EPD).
- “Galvanized requiring replacement”: the health effects of lead, steps to reduce exposure and the chances to replace the line (141.85(e)(3)(ii)). From November 1, 2027, notices for lead and galvanized lines must also say you can ask to have your tap water sampled (141.85(e)(3)(i)).
- “Unknown but may be lead”: the notice must say the material is unknown but may be lead and tell you how the material can be verified (141.85(e)(3)(iii)). It means the utility doesn't have the evidence yet to classify the line.
4. What you can do
- Check the pipe where it enters the house. EPA's Protect Your Tap guide walks you through it with a penny (or a key) and a magnet (EPA); our lead service line guide has the scratch-and-magnet table. That shows only your end of the line.
- Tell the utility what you found. Many utilities above take a photo or a form. Under the updated federal rule that applies from November 1, 2027, a utility told that its record is wrong must offer to inspect the line within 30 days (141.84(b)(4)) (141.80).
- Cut your exposure meanwhile. Use only cold water for drinking, cooking and baby formula (boiling doesn't remove lead), run the tap or a shower after water has sat in the pipes, use a filter certified to remove lead, and clean faucet aerators (EPA). Testing your water is the only way to know whether lead is present (EPA); health questions belong with your doctor or health department.
- Replace your part with the utility. Talk to the utility first about its program. From November 1, 2027, if you tell the utility you plan to replace your part of a lead or galvanized-requiring-replacement line, it must replace its part no later than 45 days after yours, unless state or local law or its tariff rules out partial replacements. A utility that can't meet that must tell the State and finish within 180 days (141.84(f)). Replacing the owner's part of the line is work we do: water line replacement. If the job needs a permit, we tell you before work starts.
Status on October 24, 2026: EPA's Lead and Copper Rule Improvements require drinking water systems to identify and replace lead pipes within 10 years (EPA), and systems must comply from November 1, 2027 (141.80). A challenge to the rule (American Water Works Association v. EPA, D.C. Cir. No. 24-1376) was argued on September 30, 2026, with no decision on the docket (docket).
Letter says lead, galvanized or unknown? We check and replace the part of the service line you own, from the meter to the house.
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Georgia Sewer — Drain & Sewer Specialists · Operated by Alpha Plumbing and Sewer, LLC