Desoto Correctional Inst, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.7 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.
About Desoto Correctional Inst
Desoto Correctional Inst serves about 3,134 people through 104 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by the state and draws groundwater, in Desoto County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL6140451; phone on file: 863-491-7500. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is down 4.9 ppb from 5.6 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Desoto Correctional Inst is 5.6 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2021 | 5.6 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.6 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Desoto Correctional Inst's 0.7 ppb sits at the 39th percentile in Florida and the 47th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
7 other systems share Desoto County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Desoto Correctional Inst. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Arcadia Water Dept, City Of | 8,942 | 2.3 ppb |
| Desoto County Water System | 3,518 | 0.4 ppb |
| Peace River Reg Water Plant | 3,301 | 2.5 ppb |
| Lake Suzy Subdivision | 2,670 | 2.6 ppb |
| Toby'S Plantation Rv Resort | 700 | 1 ppb |
| Oak Haven Campground | 50 | - |
| Lakeside Estates | 36 | - |
Next steps for Arcadia, FL
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Arcadia, 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 Desoto Correctional Inst 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.