Grand Ridge, Town Of, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.1 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.
Who runs the water here
Grand Ridge, Town Of serves about 978 people through 401 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Jackson County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL1320686; phone on file: 850-892-4391. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is down 1.5 ppb from 3.6 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Grand Ridge, Town Of is 8.9 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.1 ppb |
| 2020 | 3.6 ppb |
| 2017 | 8.9 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. Grand Ridge, Town Of's 2.1 ppb sits at the 73rd percentile in Florida and the 74th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Jackson County
15 other systems share Jackson County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Grand Ridge, Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Marianna, City Of | 8,227 | 2 ppb |
| Graceville, City Of | 4,000 | 2.1 ppb |
| Jackson County Utilities No. 1 | 2,205 | 7.8 ppb |
| Sneads, Town Of Water System | 1,893 | 2.2 ppb |
| Apalachee Correctional Institution | 1,756 | 1 ppb |
| Jackson Correctional Institution | 1,307 | 1 ppb |
| Cottondale Water System | 861 | 1 ppb |
| Greenwood, Town Of Water System | 692 | 3.1 ppb |
| Alford, Town Of | 497 | 2.2 ppb |
| Malone, Town Of Water System | 437 | 5 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Grand Ridge, 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 Grand Ridge, Town Of 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.