Lead & Copper
Lead Water Service Lines:
Cumming Utilities has investigated 927 of our 5,358 customers’ water service lines that serve homes constructed before 1990. Thus far, we have found no lead in our customers’ service lines. Cumming Utilities is currently working with a contractor to proactively identify all of the water service lines and materials that serve homes constructed before 1990 in our water service area. Please click on our interactive map link below for further details:
Click here to go to the current Cumming Lead Service Line Map
Dear Water Customer:
As a proactive measure and in an effort to identify all water service line materials in our system, Cumming Utilities has created a customer survey which is available via the link below. If your home was constructed prior to 1990, or if you suspect that the water service line to your home is made of lead or has lead fittings, please complete the online survey. Or if you are not able to complete the survey, please contact Cumming Utilities immediately at 770-781-2020 and a member of our staff will assist you with inspecting your home’s water service line.
If your home was constructed before 1990, please assist us by completing our survey by clicking on the link below:
Frequently asked questions about the Cumming Utilities Lead Service Line Identification Program
Scan here to complete the water service line survey, if your home was built prior to 1990:
Ongoing Lead and Copper Sampling Program:
Dear Water Customer,
The Environmental Protection Agency has developed regulations which requires all water systems in the United States to sample certain homes for the presence of lead and copper. These samples can only be taken from homes built after 1982 and before June 1988. The EPA targeted these homes because lead solder used in the joints of copper pipes may have the tendency to leach lead into water. This leaching problem normally occurs in water standing in pipes for more than six hours or in water systems that do not provide for corrosion control. The City of Cumming Water System began corrosion control in their systems in 1988.
We need your assistance in order to comply with this Federal requirement. If you own a home built between 1982 and 1988 and agree to participate in this study, Cumming Utilities will provide you with a sample bottle and ask you to collect a cold-water sample after the water has been standing in the home plumbing for at least six hours. This may be done first thing in the morning or immediately after returning home from work before any water is used at the home. The samples will initially be taken once every 6 months and less frequently thereafter.
Your participation in this study is encouraged but is strictly voluntary. Please take a moment to download and complete the attached form (see above) to see if your home qualifies for the testing and return it via US Mail or via email.
We want to assure you of our continuing and concerted efforts to provide safe drinking water to our community. Many laboratory tests are conducted by our staff on a continual basis to assure that the water we distribute to your home meets and exceeds all water quality standards. In addition, the State of Georgia performs periodic checks of our drinking water quality.
If you have any questions, please call Cumming Utilities Water Production Division at 770-781-2026 or 770-781-2039. You may also contact me by email at tombryson@cityofcumming.net. We will be glad to answer any questions you may have.
Tom Bryson
Superintendent Water Production Division
Cumming Utilities Most Recent Lead and Copper Sampling Results 2023