Gulf Correctional Institution, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4.1 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.
Gulf Correctional Institution at a glance
Gulf Correctional Institution serves about 1,875 people through 25 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is under mixed public and private ownership and draws groundwater, in Gulf County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL1234013; phone on file: 850-717-3926. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
That is up 3.1 ppb from 1 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Gulf Correctional Institution is 4.1 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.1 ppb |
| 2020 | 1 ppb |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
How Gulf Correctional Institution 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. Gulf Correctional Institution's 4.1 ppb sits at the 89th percentile in Florida and the 88th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
4 other systems share Gulf County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Gulf Correctional Institution. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Port St. Joe, City Of | 13,848 | 1.8 ppb |
| Gulf County Water Department | 6,287 | 12 ppb |
| Wewahitchka, City Of | 2,081 | 1 ppb |
| Bryant'S Landing | 120 | 1 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Tallahassee, 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 Gulf Correctional Institution 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.