Fanning Springs Ws, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.7 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.
Who runs the water here
Fanning Springs Ws serves about 1,310 people through 409 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 Levy County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL2381411; phone on file: 352-275-7984. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Fanning Springs Ws's lead record
That is down 3.1 ppb from 5.8 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Fanning Springs Ws is 9.1 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.7 ppb |
| 2021 | 5.8 ppb |
| 2020 | 9.1 ppb |
| 2019 | 5.7 ppb |
| 2018 | 5.3 ppb |
How Fanning Springs Ws 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. Fanning Springs Ws's 2.7 ppb sits at the 80th percentile in Florida and the 79th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
12 other systems share Levy County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Fanning Springs Ws. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Williston Wtp | 2,400 | 2.5 ppb |
| City Of Chiefland Wtp | 2,031 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Inglis | 1,630 | 5.5 ppb |
| Bronson Wtp | 1,125 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cedar Key Wtp | 735 | 0 (not detected) |
| Yankeetown Wtp | 711 | 0 (not detected) |
| University Oaks Mhp | 369 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fowlers Bluff Wtp | 300 | 1.6 ppb |
| Manatee Utilities | 290 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fimc Hideaway Inc (Springside) | 275 | 1.6 ppb |
Next steps for Fanning Springs, FL
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Fanning Springs, 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 Fanning Springs Ws 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.