East Putnam Regional, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.1 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 East Putnam Regional
East Putnam Regional serves about 1,500 people through 965 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 Putnam County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL2544444; phone on file: 386-329-0346. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2022 (1.9 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for East Putnam Regional is 3.3 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.2 ppb |
| 2020 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2019 | 3.2 ppb |
| 2016 | 3.3 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. East Putnam Regional's 1.1 ppb sits at the 54th percentile in Florida and the 57th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Putnam County
29 other systems share Putnam County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than East Putnam Regional. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| R.C. Willis Wtp (City Of Palatka) | 11,900 | 16.8 ppb |
| Town Of Welaka | 2,421 | 0 (not detected) |
| Crescent City Wtp | 1,900 | 0 (not detected) |
| Melrose Wtp | 1,300 | 3.4 ppb |
| Rpuma | 1,000 | 1 ppb |
| Interlachen Ws | 791 | 0.7 ppb |
| Interlachen Lake Estates | 717 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pomona Park | 672 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hermits Cove Water System | 558 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lake Como Water Association | 450 | 6.4 ppb |
Next steps for East Palatka, FL
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; East Palatka, 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 East Putnam Regional 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.