Gretna, City Of, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 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
Gretna, City Of serves about 3,508 people through 648 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Gadsden County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL1200688; phone on file: 850-856-5257. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2020 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Gretna, City Of is 2 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 ppb |
| 2020 | 1 ppb |
| 2018 | 1 ppb |
| 2017 | 2 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. Gretna, City Of's 2 ppb sits at the 71st percentile in Florida and the 72nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
14 other systems share Gadsden County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Gretna, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Gadsden Co Regional W/S | 12,322 | 2 ppb |
| Quincy, City Of W/S | 10,298 | 1.3 ppb |
| Havana, Town Of Water System | 3,860 | 1 ppb |
| Florida State Hospital | 3,200 | 11 ppb |
| Chattahoochee, City Of | 2,959 | 4.1 ppb |
| Greensboro, Town Of Water Sys. | 794 | 1.5 ppb |
| Tobacco Road | 146 | 0.2 ppb |
| Rosedale Water Association | 143 | 1.8 ppb |
| Jamieson Water System | 129 | 0.9 ppb |
| Hinson Heights | 120 | 1.1 ppb |
Next steps for Gretna, FL
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Gretna, 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 Gretna, City 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.