Englewood Water Dist, FL
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 6.1 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. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Who runs the water here
Englewood Water Dist serves about 38,265 people through 18,794 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is under mixed public and private ownership and draws groundwater, in Sarasota County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL6580531; phone on file: 941-303-0582. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2022 (6.8 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Englewood Water Dist is 21 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 6.1 ppb |
| 2022 | 6.8 ppb |
| 2021 | 12 ppb over 10 |
| 2021 | 6.4 ppb |
| 2020 | 21 ppb over 15 |
| 2017 | 5 ppb |
How Englewood Water Dist 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. Englewood Water Dist's 6.1 ppb sits at the 95th percentile in Florida and the 94th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
12 other systems share Sarasota County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Englewood Water Dist. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Sarasota Co Special Util Dist | 272,267 | 0.5 ppb |
| North Port Utilities | 61,163 | 3.4 ppb |
| Sarasota-City Of | 55,364 | 1 ppb |
| Venice Water Dept City Of | 31,358 | 0.3 ppb |
| Pluris-South Gate Utilities | 15,897 | 1 ppb |
| Camelot Lakes | 1,700 | 0.6 ppb |
| Kings Gate Club | 838 | 0.4 ppb |
| Lake Tippecanoe | 361 | 3.5 ppb |
| Windward Isle Mhp Water System | 321 | 0.3 ppb |
| Venice Ranch Mobile Home Estates | 295 | 1 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Englewood, 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 Englewood Water Dist 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. More in what a past exceedance means today.