Fgua / Macdill, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.7 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
Fgua / Macdill serves about 11,965 people through 518 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is under mixed public and private ownership and draws surface water, in Hillsborough County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL6296193; phone on file: 813-777-2760. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Fgua / Macdill's lead record
That is down 2.2 ppb from 4.9 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Fgua / Macdill is 4.9 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.7 ppb |
| 2020 | 4.9 ppb |
| 2019 | 2 ppb |
| 2018 | 3 ppb |
| 2018 | 2.1 ppb |
| 2017 | 2 ppb |
| 2017 | 1 ppb |
| 2016 | 3 ppb |
| 2016 | 3 ppb |
Against other Florida systems
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. Fgua / Macdill's 2.7 ppb sits at the 80th percentile in Florida and the 79th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
141 other systems share Hillsborough County; 13 of them have a higher latest lead result than Fgua / Macdill. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Tampa Water Department | 733,886 | 1.5 ppb |
| Hcwrd/South-Central | 515,012 | 0.7 ppb |
| Hcwrc/Northwest Utilities | 208,982 | 0.8 ppb |
| University Of South Florida | 47,586 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Plant City Utility | 41,601 | 1 ppb |
| City Of Temple Terrace Utility | 31,250 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hcwrd/Seaboard Utilities | 13,958 | 1.4 ppb |
| Hcwrc/Pebble Creek Subdivision | 4,757 | 1.1 ppb |
| Windemere Utility | 3,080 | 3.2 ppb |
| Hcwrd/Eastlake | 2,074 | 2.1 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Tampa, 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 Fgua / Macdill whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1610 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.