Fgua - Plantation Bay Wtp, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4.6 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.
Who runs the water here
Fgua - Plantation Bay Wtp serves about 3,522 people through 1,973 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Flagler County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL2184251; phone on file: 407-629-6900. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2024 (3.7 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Fgua - Plantation Bay Wtp is 13 ppb across 11 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (2 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.6 ppb |
| 2024 | 3.7 ppb |
| 2024 | 4.8 ppb |
| 2023 | 4.1 ppb |
| 2023 | 13 ppb over 10 |
| 2022 | 12 ppb over 10 |
| 2022 | 5.4 ppb |
| 2021 | 4.6 ppb |
| 2021 | 4 ppb |
| 2020 | 7.8 ppb |
| 2017 | 4 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. Fgua - Plantation Bay Wtp's 4.6 ppb sits at the 90th percentile in Florida and the 90th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
9 other systems share Flagler County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Fgua - Plantation Bay Wtp. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Palm Coast Utility | 112,324 | 1.3 ppb |
| Dunes Community Development District | 5,054 | 0.3 ppb |
| Flagler Beach Wtp | 4,830 | 0.5 ppb |
| Bunnell Water Plant | 3,507 | 6 ppb |
| Beverly Beach Water System | 1,413 | 1.8 ppb |
| Bulow Plantation | 1,000 | 1.2 ppb |
| Eagle Lakes Wtp | 231 | 2.9 ppb |
| Daytona North Water System | 100 | 0.4 ppb |
| Holiday Travel Park | 85 | 2.1 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Longwood, 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 - Plantation Bay 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.