College Manor Utilities, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.7 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.
College Manor Utilities at a glance
College Manor Utilities serves about 150 people through 56 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Columbia County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL2120224; phone on file: 352-302-7406. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is up 1.1 ppb from 0.6 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for College Manor Utilities is 10.9 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2024 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2023 | 10.9 ppb over 10 |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 1 ppb |
How College Manor 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. College Manor Utilities's 1.7 ppb sits at the 66th percentile in Florida and the 66th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Columbia County
15 other systems share Columbia County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than College Manor Utilities. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Lake City (Price Creek Wtp) | 20,488 | 2.6 ppb |
| Town Of Fort White Wtp | 750 | 0 (not detected) |
| Woodgate Village | 343 | 3 ppb |
| Sundial Apartments | 265 | 0.4 ppb |
| Verndale Apartments | 250 | 0 (not detected) |
| Brandon-Brent Heights Wtp | 218 | 2.1 ppb |
| Maple Lane Associates | 147 | 1 ppb |
| Quail Heights Country Club | 103 | 9.8 ppb |
| Cannon Creek Mhp | 100 | 0 (not detected) |
| Suwannee Valley Estates | 75 | 2.6 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; New Port Richey, 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 College Manor 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.