Bowling Green, City Of, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.2 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2024). 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.
About Bowling Green, City Of
Bowling Green, City Of serves about 2,940 people through 830 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Hardee County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL6252022; phone on file: 863-222-1981. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2021 (0.4 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bowling Green, City Of is 0.4 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.2 ppb |
| 2021 | 0.4 ppb |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
How Bowling Green, City Of compares
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. Bowling Green, City Of's 0.2 ppb sits at the 26th percentile in Florida and the 41st nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
8 other systems share Hardee County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Bowling Green, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Wauchula City Water Department | 5,000 | 1 ppb |
| Wauchula Hills Wtp (Hardee County) | 3,038 | 0 (not detected) |
| Zolfo Springs Wtp | 2,062 | 0.5 ppb |
| Hardee Correctional Institute | 1,900 | 2.5 ppb |
| Brookside Bluff Rv Park | 300 | 1 ppb |
| Peace River Heights | 250 | 0 (not detected) |
| Charlie Creek-The Village Of | 142 | 0.7 ppb |
| Lakeside Neurologic (Fka F.I.N.R.) | 60 | 1.4 ppb |
Next steps for Bowling Green, FL
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Bowling Green, 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 Bowling Green, 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.