Cherry Lake Utilities, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.1 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2024). 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
Cherry Lake Utilities serves about 750 people through 283 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Madison County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL2400185; phone on file: 850-929-4620. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is up 2.1 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Cherry Lake Utilities is 2.1 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.1 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 1.5 ppb |
How Cherry Lake Utilities 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. Cherry Lake Utilities's 2.1 ppb sits at the 73rd percentile in Florida and the 74th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
4 other systems share Madison County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Cherry Lake Utilities. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Madison Water Department | 7,350 | 2.4 ppb |
| Greenville Wtp | 800 | 4 ppb |
| Town Of Lee Wtp | 387 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fumch-Madison Youth Ranch | 30 | 0.3 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Madison, 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 Cherry Lake 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.