High Springs Wtp, FL
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2025-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Who runs the water here
High Springs Wtp serves about 5,795 people through 2,318 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 Alachua County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL2010201; phone on file: 386-588-4014. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is down 2 ppb from 2 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for High Springs Wtp is 16.6 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 2 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 16.6 ppb over 15 |
| 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. High Springs Wtp's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 23rd percentile in Florida and the 35th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
13 other systems share Alachua County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than High Springs Wtp. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Gru - Murphree Wtp | 195,768 | 0.7 ppb |
| Alachua Wtp | 8,220 | 14 ppb |
| Newberry Wtp | 3,885 | 1.9 ppb |
| Hawthorne Wtp | 2,275 | 0 (not detected) |
| Archer Water System | 1,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Waldo Wtp | 1,042 | 1.2 ppb |
| Gator Waterworks | 800 | 0 (not detected) |
| Arredondo Estates | 738 | 0 (not detected) |
| Micanopy Water System | 605 | 1.5 ppb |
| Lake Alto Estates Mhp | 325 | 1.6 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; High Springs, 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 High Springs Wtp 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. More in what a past exceedance means today.