Bunnell Water Plant, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 6 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.
About Bunnell Water Plant
Bunnell Water Plant serves about 3,507 people through 2,071 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Flagler County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL2180134; phone on file: 386-283-6072. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Bunnell Water Plant's lead record
That is up 5.2 ppb from 0.8 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bunnell Water Plant is 6 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 ppb |
| 2022 | 0.8 ppb |
| 2019 | 3.4 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.8 ppb |
Against other Florida systems
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. Bunnell Water Plant's 6 ppb sits at the 95th percentile in Florida and the 93rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
9 other systems share Flagler County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Bunnell Water Plant. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Palm Coast Utility | 112,324 | 1.3 ppb |
| Dunes Community Development District | 5,054 | 0.3 ppb |
| Flagler Beach Wtp | 4,830 | 0.5 ppb |
| Fgua - Plantation Bay Wtp | 3,522 | 4.6 ppb |
| Beverly Beach Water System | 1,413 | 1.8 ppb |
| Bulow Plantation | 1,000 | 1.2 ppb |
| Eagle Lakes Wtp | 231 | 2.9 ppb |
| Daytona North Water System | 100 | 0.4 ppb |
| Holiday Travel Park | 85 | 2.1 ppb |
Next steps for Bunnell, FL
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Bunnell, 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 Bunnell Water Plant 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.