Haines City, City Of, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 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.
Haines City, City Of at a glance
Haines City, City Of serves about 30,545 people through 11,245 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Polk County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL6532232; phone on file: 863-421-3600. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Haines City, City Of's lead record
Against the period ending 2020 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Haines City, City Of is 1 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 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. Haines City, City Of's 1 ppb sits at the 52nd percentile in Florida and the 56th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
130 other systems share Polk County; 51 of them have a higher latest lead result than Haines City, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Lakeland, City Of | 193,297 | 0.6 ppb |
| Winter Haven Water Department | 87,537 | 7 ppb |
| Northeast | 60,557 | 1 ppb |
| Southwest/Polk County Utility | 39,209 | 1 ppb |
| Auburndale, City Of | 35,239 | 3.2 ppb |
| Northwest | 28,082 | 1.5 ppb |
| Bartow, City Of | 21,501 | 1 ppb |
| Lake Wales, City Of | 18,722 | 0.9 ppb |
| Central | 13,595 | 1.2 ppb |
| Davenport, City Of | 9,043 | 2.8 ppb |
Next steps for Haines City, FL
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Haines City, 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 Haines City, 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. 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.