Hernando Co Utl-West, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.3 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.
Hernando Co Utl-West at a glance
Hernando Co Utl-West serves about 145,204 people through 65,366 service connections, which makes it a very large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Hernando County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL6277059; phone on file: 352-754-4490. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2020 (1.5 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Hernando Co Utl-West is 1.5 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
How Hernando Co Utl-West 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. Hernando Co Utl-West's 1.3 ppb sits at the 59th percentile in Florida and the 61st nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Hernando County
13 other systems share Hernando County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Hernando Co Utl-West. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Brooksville City Of | 11,500 | 2.7 ppb |
| Hernando Co Utl-East | 9,483 | 1.7 ppb |
| Hernando Co Utl-Dogwood Est | 832 | 1.7 ppb |
| Wesleyan Village | 488 | 2.3 ppb |
| Camp-A-Wyle Lake Resort | 400 | 3.8 ppb |
| Camper'S Holiday | 400 | 1.9 ppb |
| Hernando Co Utl-Cedar Ln | 372 | 5.2 ppb |
| Imperial Estates Mhp | 250 | 7.9 ppb |
| Frontier Campground | 225 | 0 (not detected) |
| Big Tree Mobile Home ; Rv Village | 200 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Brooksville, 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 Hernando Co Utl-West 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.