Alligator Point Water Resource District, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.7 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2023). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
Who runs the water here
Alligator Point Water Resource District serves about 1,400 people through 604 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is under mixed public and private ownership and draws groundwater, in Franklin County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL1190013; phone on file: 850-349-2274. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is down 4.3 ppb from 5 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Alligator Point Water Resource District is 5 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2020 | 5 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.5 ppb |
Against other Florida systems
Of the 1,481 Florida systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1 ppb; 3 are over 15 ppb right now and 85 have gone over at some point. Alligator Point Water Resource District's 0.7 ppb sits at the 38th percentile in Florida and the 46th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Franklin County
5 other systems share Franklin County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Alligator Point Water Resource District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Water Mgmt Services (St. George Island) | 5,272 | 2.3 ppb |
| Apalachicola, City Of | 5,235 | 3 ppb |
| City Of Carrabelle Water System | 3,690 | 2.4 ppb |
| Eastpoint Water ; Sewer Dist. | 3,085 | 3.5 ppb |
| Lanark Village (City Of Carrabelle) | 1,815 | 2.2 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Panacea, FL may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Alligator Point Water Resource District whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.