Hudson Water Works, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 5 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.
Who runs the water here
Hudson Water Works serves about 7,169 people through 2,500 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 Pasco County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL6512226; phone on file: 727-868-1382. 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 3.5 ppb from 8.5 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Hudson Water Works is 8.5 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 ppb |
| 2020 | 8.5 ppb |
| 2017 | 6.6 ppb |
Against other Florida systems
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. Hudson Water Works's 5 ppb sits at the 92nd percentile in Florida and the 91st nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
63 other systems share Pasco County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Hudson Water Works. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Pcud-Pasco County Regional Pws | 214,403 | 1 ppb |
| New Port Richey Water Dept | 33,000 | 2 ppb |
| Seven Springs | 32,834 | 1.2 ppb |
| Zephyrhills City Of | 29,117 | 0 (not detected) |
| Dade City Water Dept | 15,561 | 0 (not detected) |
| Aloha Gardens Utilities | 8,136 | 1.6 ppb |
| Port Richey Water Dept-City Of | 7,732 | 1.3 ppb |
| Turtle Lakes (Mad Hatter East) | 7,021 | 0 (not detected) |
| Orangewood Water System | 6,464 | 1.4 ppb |
| Summertree | 2,850 | 1 ppb |
Next steps for Hudson, FL
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Hudson, 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 Hudson Water Works 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.