Ile Utilities, FL
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2024). 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
Ile Utilities serves about 678 people through 216 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Polk County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL3530854; phone on file: 863-692-1433. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2021 (1.5 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ile Utilities is 16.8 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 16.8 ppb over 15 |
How Ile Utilities 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. Ile Utilities's 1 ppb sits at the 49th percentile in Florida and the 53rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
130 other systems share Polk County; 51 of them have a higher latest lead result than Ile Utilities. 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 |
| Haines City, City Of | 30,545 | 1 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 |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Indian Lake Estates, 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 Ile Utilities 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. More in what a past exceedance means today.