Boynton Beach Pws, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4.4 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.
Who runs the water here
Boynton Beach Pws serves about 112,000 people through 37,347 service connections, which makes it a very large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Palm Beach County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL4500145; phone on file: 561-742-6403. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is up 2.5 ppb from 1.9 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Boynton Beach Pws is 5.7 ppb across 11 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.4 ppb |
| 2024 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2022 | 4.6 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.4 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.4 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2019 | 5.7 ppb |
| 2018 | 3.6 ppb |
| 2017 | 3.1 ppb |
How Boynton Beach Pws 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. Boynton Beach Pws's 4.4 ppb sits at the 90th percentile in Florida and the 89th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Palm Beach County
31 other systems share Palm Beach County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Boynton Beach Pws. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Palm Beach County Water Utilities | 671,114 | 1.4 ppb |
| West Palm Beach Wtp | 132,000 | 3 ppb |
| Boca Raton Wtp | 130,000 | 0.6 ppb |
| Seacoast Utilities Authority | 97,552 | 1.6 ppb |
| Jupiter Public Water System,Town Of | 94,929 | 0.9 ppb |
| Delray Beach Public Water System | 69,754 | 3.7 ppb |
| Wellington Wtp | 56,475 | 1.7 ppb |
| Lake Worth Beach Utilities | 48,000 | 1.3 ppb |
| Riviera Beach Utility District, City Of | 46,762 | 2.4 ppb |
| Palm Springs, Village Of | 32,467 | 0.9 ppb |
Next steps for Boynton Beach, FL
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Boynton 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 Boynton Beach Pws 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.