Gateway Services District, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.9 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.
Gateway Services District at a glance
Gateway Services District serves about 14,553 people through 4,958 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 Lee County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL5364143; phone on file: 239-887-9683. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
That is up 1.9 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Gateway Services District is 2.1 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 2.1 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. Gateway Services District's 1.9 ppb sits at the 70th percentile in Florida and the 69th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
19 other systems share Lee County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Gateway Services District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Lee County Utilities | 282,556 | 1.1 ppb |
| Cape Coral, City Of | 172,693 | 1.4 ppb |
| City Of Fort Myers Water Treatment Plant | 92,219 | 0.4 ppb |
| Bonita Springs Utilities | 76,033 | 2.1 ppb |
| Florida Governmental Utility Authority | 32,296 | 5.3 ppb |
| Greater Pine Island Water Association | 15,725 | 0.4 ppb |
| Island Water Association | 14,784 | 0.7 ppb |
| Town Of Fort Myers Beach (Beach Water) | 6,499 | 5.2 ppb |
| Citrus Park Rv Resort (Bonita Terra) | 3,282 | 2.8 ppb |
| Lake Fairways Mobile Home Park | 2,000 | 0.5 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Fort Myers, 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 Gateway Services District 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.