Ft. Pierce Utilities Authority, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.1 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. 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.
Ft. Pierce Utilities Authority at a glance
Ft. Pierce Utilities Authority serves about 58,000 people through 21,587 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 St. Lucie County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL4560490; phone on file: 772-466-1600. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Ft. Pierce Utilities Authority's lead record
Against the period ending 2020 (0.7 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ft. Pierce Utilities Authority is 1.1 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2020 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.7 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. Ft. Pierce Utilities Authority's 1.1 ppb sits at the 55th percentile in Florida and the 58th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
18 other systems share St. Lucie County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Ft. Pierce Utilities Authority. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Port St Lucie Utilities | 224,485 | 4.6 ppb |
| St. Lucie West Services District | 21,400 | 1 ppb |
| St Lucie County Util North County System | 5,073 | 0.9 ppb |
| North Hutchinson Island | 3,954 | 1 ppb |
| Spanish Lakes Fairways | 3,120 | 0.2 ppb |
| Nettles Island | 3,056 | 1 ppb |
| Indian River Estates | 2,365 | 10 ppb |
| Spanish Lakes Country Club Village | 2,331 | 0.3 ppb |
| Harbour Ridge | 1,573 | 0 (not detected) |
| Grove , The | 1,125 | 0.5 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Fort Pierce, 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 Ft. Pierce Utilities Authority 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.