Branford Wtp, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.9 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.
About Branford Wtp
Branford Wtp serves about 800 people through 479 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 Suwannee County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL2610109; phone on file: 386-935-1146. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
That is down 2.4 ppb from 3.3 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Branford Wtp is 3.3 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2020 | 3.3 ppb |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Branford Wtp's 0.9 ppb sits at the 43rd percentile in Florida and the 49th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Suwannee County
6 other systems share Suwannee County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Branford Wtp. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Live Oak Wtp | 6,850 | 4.5 ppb |
| Suwannee Correctional Institute | 3,950 | 3.9 ppb |
| Advent Christian Village | 800 | 0.9 ppb |
| Wellborn Water System | 500 | 4.6 ppb |
| Wayne Frier'S Mobile Home Park | 310 | 0.3 ppb |
| Florida Sheriff'S Boys Ranch | 100 | 2.5 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Branford, 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 Branford Wtp 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.