Cottondale Water System, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 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.
Cottondale Water System at a glance
Cottondale Water System serves about 861 people through 517 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Jackson County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL1320143; phone on file: 850-352-4361. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Cottondale Water System's lead record
That is down 1.4 ppb from 2.4 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Cottondale Water System is 2.4 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.4 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.8 ppb |
How Cottondale Water System 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. Cottondale Water System's 1 ppb sits at the 49th percentile in Florida and the 53rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Jackson County
15 other systems share Jackson County; 10 of them have a higher latest lead result than Cottondale Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Marianna, City Of | 8,227 | 2 ppb |
| Graceville, City Of | 4,000 | 2.1 ppb |
| Jackson County Utilities No. 1 | 2,205 | 7.8 ppb |
| Sneads, Town Of Water System | 1,893 | 2.2 ppb |
| Apalachee Correctional Institution | 1,756 | 1 ppb |
| Jackson Correctional Institution | 1,307 | 1 ppb |
| Grand Ridge, Town Of | 978 | 2.1 ppb |
| Greenwood, Town Of Water System | 692 | 3.1 ppb |
| Alford, Town Of | 497 | 2.2 ppb |
| Malone, Town Of Water System | 437 | 5 ppb |
Next steps for Cottondale, FL
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Cottondale, 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 Cottondale 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.