Buck Lake Estates, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 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.
Buck Lake Estates at a glance
Buck Lake Estates serves about 150 people through 65 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Leon County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL1374008; phone on file: 727-919-1548. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2020 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Buck Lake Estates is 1 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
How Buck Lake Estates 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. Buck Lake Estates's 1 ppb sits at the 46th percentile in Florida and the 52nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Leon County
22 other systems share Leon County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Buck Lake Estates. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Tallahassee, City Of | 200,480 | 1.4 ppb |
| Bradfordville Regional W/S | 11,395 | 3 ppb |
| Lake Jackson Area Water System | 10,643 | 1 ppb |
| Meadows-At-Woodrun | 3,912 | 2 ppb |
| Leon Co. Regional System West | 2,130 | 0.5 ppb |
| Leon Co. Regional System East | 1,984 | 0.7 ppb |
| Leon Co. Regional System South | 845 | 0.4 ppb |
| Plantation Estates | 369 | 0 (not detected) |
| Brewster Subdivision | 364 | 0 (not detected) |
| Blount'S Landing Water System | 291 | 2.2 ppb |
Next steps for New Port Richey, FL
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; New Port Richey, 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 Buck Lake Estates 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.