Fernandina Beach Wtp, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.7 ppb (monitoring period 2025-2025). 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 Fernandina Beach Wtp
Fernandina Beach Wtp serves about 21,925 people through 8,675 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Nassau County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL2450364; phone on file: 904-310-3420. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is down 2.1 ppb from 3.8 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Fernandina Beach Wtp is 3.8 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2022 | 3.8 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.1 ppb |
| 2016 | 3.8 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. Fernandina Beach Wtp's 1.7 ppb sits at the 67th percentile in Florida and the 67th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
8 other systems share Nassau County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Fernandina Beach Wtp. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Jea: Lofton Oaks Grid | 24,318 | 0.7 ppb |
| Nassau-Amelia Utilities | 9,750 | 1.7 ppb |
| Hilliard Wtp | 3,036 | 2 ppb |
| Callahan Wtp | 1,730 | 2.5 ppb |
| Dayspring Village | 121 | 0.5 ppb |
| Dayspring Senior Living | 64 | 0.5 ppb |
| Amelia Pines (Aka Duck Pond) | 60 | 8.1 ppb |
| Sandpiper Mhp | 30 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Fernandina Beach, FL
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Fernandina Beach, 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 Fernandina Beach Wtp 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.