Bcwws 3b/C, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (monitoring period 2025-2025). 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.
Bcwws 3b/C at a glance
Bcwws 3b/C serves about 32,650 people through 11,292 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 Broward County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL4060162; phone on file: 954-831-0800. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Bcwws 3b/C's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (1.3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bcwws 3b/C is 1.6 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.6 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. Bcwws 3b/C's 1 ppb sits at the 52nd percentile in Florida and the 56th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
36 other systems share Broward County; 27 of them have a higher latest lead result than Bcwws 3b/C. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Pembroke Pines, City Of | 187,459 | 0.6 ppb |
| Fort Lauderdale, City Of | 185,163 | 4.9 ppb |
| Hollywood, City Of | 147,566 | 3.5 ppb |
| Miramar (East ; West) Plants | 137,107 | 1.2 ppb |
| City Of Pompano | 99,400 | 1.1 ppb |
| Plantation, East ; Central | 85,496 | 1 ppb |
| Sunrise Springtree | 79,550 | 1.3 ppb |
| Bcwws 1a | 75,305 | 1.6 ppb |
| Sunrise Sawgrass | 72,400 | 3.1 ppb |
| Coral Springs, City Of | 65,000 | 1.1 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Pompano Beach, 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 Bcwws 3b/C 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.