City Of Carrabelle Water System, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.4 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.
About City Of Carrabelle Water System
City Of Carrabelle Water System serves about 3,690 people through 1,507 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 Franklin County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL1190118; phone on file: 850-697-2727. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is down 1.9 ppb from 4.3 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Carrabelle Water System is 4.3 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.4 ppb |
| 2020 | 4.3 ppb |
| 2017 | 1 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. City Of Carrabelle Water System's 2.4 ppb sits at the 77th percentile in Florida and the 77th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
5 other systems share Franklin County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Carrabelle Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Water Mgmt Services (St. George Island) | 5,272 | 2.3 ppb |
| Apalachicola, City Of | 5,235 | 3 ppb |
| Eastpoint Water ; Sewer Dist. | 3,085 | 3.5 ppb |
| Lanark Village (City Of Carrabelle) | 1,815 | 2.2 ppb |
| Alligator Point Water Resource District | 1,400 | 0.7 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Carrabelle, 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 City Of Carrabelle Water System 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.