Heather Hills Estates, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (monitoring period 2020-2020). 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
Heather Hills Estates serves about 700 people through 355 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Manatee County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL6412533; phone on file: 941-755-0123. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Heather Hills Estates's lead record
Against the period ending 2016 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Heather Hills Estates is 1 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Heather Hills Estates's 1 ppb sits at the 49th percentile in Florida and the 53rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
6 other systems share Manatee County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Heather Hills Estates. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Manatee County Utilities Dept | 347,800 | 1.7 ppb |
| Bradenton City Of | 58,584 | 0.2 ppb |
| City Of Palmetto Water Dept. | 13,446 | 1.8 ppb |
| Town Of Longboat Key | 7,098 | 0.9 ppb |
| Sunny Shore Water Company | 450 | 1 ppb |
| Harbour Isles Master Association | 395 | 1 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; New Port Richey, 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 Heather Hills Estates 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.