Auburndale, City Of, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.2 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.
Auburndale, City Of at a glance
Auburndale, City Of serves about 35,239 people through 11,741 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Polk County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL6530090; phone on file: 863-965-5500. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Auburndale, City Of's lead record
That is up 2.1 ppb from 1.1 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Auburndale, City Of is 3.2 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.2 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.4 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Auburndale, City Of's 3.2 ppb sits at the 85th percentile in Florida and the 84th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
130 other systems share Polk County; 14 of them have a higher latest lead result than Auburndale, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Lakeland, City Of | 193,297 | 0.6 ppb |
| Winter Haven Water Department | 87,537 | 7 ppb |
| Northeast | 60,557 | 1 ppb |
| Southwest/Polk County Utility | 39,209 | 1 ppb |
| Haines City, City Of | 30,545 | 1 ppb |
| Northwest | 28,082 | 1.5 ppb |
| Bartow, City Of | 21,501 | 1 ppb |
| Lake Wales, City Of | 18,722 | 0.9 ppb |
| Central | 13,595 | 1.2 ppb |
| Davenport, City Of | 9,043 | 2.8 ppb |
Next steps for Auburndale, FL
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Auburndale, 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 Auburndale, City Of 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.