City Of Tampa Water Department, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.5 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 City Of Tampa Water Department
City Of Tampa Water Department serves about 733,886 people through 143,661 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 Hillsborough County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL6290327; phone on file: 813-231-1395. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
City Of Tampa Water Department's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (0.7 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Tampa Water Department is 2.4 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2025 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.4 ppb |
How City Of Tampa Water Department 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. City Of Tampa Water Department's 1.5 ppb sits at the 63rd percentile in Florida and the 64th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
141 other systems share Hillsborough County; 23 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Tampa Water Department. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Hcwrd/South-Central | 515,012 | 0.7 ppb |
| Hcwrc/Northwest Utilities | 208,982 | 0.8 ppb |
| University Of South Florida | 47,586 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Plant City Utility | 41,601 | 1 ppb |
| City Of Temple Terrace Utility | 31,250 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hcwrd/Seaboard Utilities | 13,958 | 1.4 ppb |
| Fgua / Macdill | 11,965 | 2.7 ppb |
| Hcwrc/Pebble Creek Subdivision | 4,757 | 1.1 ppb |
| Windemere Utility | 3,080 | 3.2 ppb |
| Hcwrd/Eastlake | 2,074 | 2.1 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Tampa, 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 Tampa Water Department 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.