The City of Cornelia says its drinking water is safe after a new round of testing showed “zero lead” in water samples.
In December, the city announced its annual lead and copper tests yielded a high lead reading, prompting the city to notify its water customers of the findings.
The tests, which are conducted annually, showed 80% of the samples tested were below 15 micrograms of lead per liter. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requires at least 90% of the samples to be below that threshold.
It was the first time in thirteen years the city did not meet the required threshold. As a result, the EPA gave the city more stringent reporting requirements.
The city re-sampled all of the houses that are tested annually “because we felt that the original tests were flawed,” says Cornelia City Manager Dee Anderson. The city received those test results this week. Anderson says, “the new test results and all of the samples showed zero lead” in the water.
Anyone with concerns about the quality of their drinking water or results of lead testing should contact Cornelia City Hall at 706-778-8585.
