Charlotte County Utilities, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 9.6 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.
Charlotte County Utilities at a glance
Charlotte County Utilities serves about 173,820 people through 70,277 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 surface water, in Charlotte County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL5084100; phone on file: 941-764-4502. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
That is up 3.4 ppb from 6.2 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Charlotte County Utilities is 9.6 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 9.6 ppb |
| 2020 | 6.2 ppb |
| 2017 | 2 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. Charlotte County Utilities's 9.6 ppb sits at the 98th percentile in Florida and the 97th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Charlotte County
16 other systems share Charlotte County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Charlotte County Utilities. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Punta Gorda | 36,302 | 4.4 ppb |
| Town And Country Utility | 13,427 | 0.4 ppb |
| Charlotte County Utilities / Burnt Store | 13,376 | 3 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 |
Next steps for Port Charlotte, FL
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 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.