Eglin West/Housing, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.1 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.
Who runs the water here
Eglin West/Housing serves about 3,500 people through 1,000 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Okaloosa County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL1460828; phone on file: 850-503-2241. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is down 1.3 ppb from 4.4 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Eglin West/Housing is 4.4 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.1 ppb |
| 2020 | 4.4 ppb |
| 2017 | 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. Eglin West/Housing's 3.1 ppb sits at the 84th percentile in Florida and the 83rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
20 other systems share Okaloosa County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Eglin West/Housing. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Okaloosa Co.Wtr.; Swr.System | 80,295 | 2.6 ppb |
| Crestview, City Of Water Dept. | 34,789 | 1.3 ppb |
| Destin Water Users, Inc. | 31,752 | 2.2 ppb |
| Fort Walton Beach, City Of | 24,113 | 1.7 ppb |
| Auburn Water System | 22,903 | 1.7 ppb |
| Niceville, City Of | 22,243 | 4.6 ppb |
| Okaloosa County Bluewater Bay-Raintree | 17,592 | 1.6 ppb |
| Hurlburt Field Water System | 10,006 | 6.3 ppb |
| Okaloosa County Mid System (Crestview) | 7,593 | 3 ppb |
| Valparaiso, City Of | 5,722 | 3.3 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Eglin Afb, 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 Eglin West/Housing 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.