Charlotte County Utilities / Burnt Store, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3 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.
Who runs the water here
Charlotte County Utilities / Burnt Store serves about 13,376 people through 4,618 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Charlotte County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL6080318; phone on file: 941-764-4300. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is down 2.3 ppb from 5.3 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Charlotte County Utilities / Burnt Store is 5.3 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 ppb |
| 2020 | 5.3 ppb |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
How Charlotte County Utilities / Burnt Store 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. Charlotte County Utilities / Burnt Store's 3 ppb sits at the 83rd percentile in Florida and the 83rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
16 other systems share Charlotte County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Charlotte County Utilities / Burnt Store. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Charlotte County Utilities | 173,820 | 9.6 ppb |
| City Of Punta Gorda | 36,302 | 4.4 ppb |
| Town And Country Utility | 13,427 | 0.4 ppb |
| Gasparilla Island Water Assoc | 6,605 | 3.3 ppb |
| Charlotte Harbor Water Assn. | 4,722 | 2.8 ppb |
| Riverwood Community Del. Dist. | 2,243 | 2.7 ppb |
| Charlotte Correctional Institution | 1,779 | 0.2 ppb |
| El Jobean Water Association | 1,351 | 0.7 ppb |
| Little Gasparilla Water Utility Inc | 1,330 | 0.2 ppb |
| Bocilla Utilities, Inc. | 1,068 | 2.7 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Port Charlotte, 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 Charlotte County Utilities / Burnt Store 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.