Grassy Lakes Wtp, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.6 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.
About Grassy Lakes Wtp
Grassy Lakes Wtp serves about 240 people through 78 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Putnam County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL2544298; phone on file: 386-684-3811. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Grassy Lakes Wtp's lead record
That is up 2.6 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Grassy Lakes Wtp is 2.6 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.6 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
How Grassy Lakes Wtp compares
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. Grassy Lakes Wtp's 2.6 ppb sits at the 79th percentile in Florida and the 78th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
29 other systems share Putnam County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Grassy Lakes Wtp. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| R.C. Willis Wtp (City Of Palatka) | 11,900 | 16.8 ppb |
| Town Of Welaka | 2,421 | 0 (not detected) |
| Crescent City Wtp | 1,900 | 0 (not detected) |
| East Putnam Regional | 1,500 | 1.1 ppb |
| Melrose Wtp | 1,300 | 3.4 ppb |
| Rpuma | 1,000 | 1 ppb |
| Interlachen Ws | 791 | 0.7 ppb |
| Interlachen Lake Estates | 717 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pomona Park | 672 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hermits Cove Water System | 558 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Interlachen, 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 Grassy Lakes 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.