Jackson Correctional Institution, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (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. 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.
About Jackson Correctional Institution
Jackson Correctional Institution serves about 1,307 people through 55 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by the state and draws groundwater, in Jackson County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL1324074; phone on file: 850-717-3926. 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 2022 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Jackson Correctional Institution is 1 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
How Jackson Correctional Institution 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. Jackson Correctional Institution's 1 ppb sits at the 49th percentile in Florida and the 54th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Jackson County
15 other systems share Jackson County; 10 of them have a higher latest lead result than Jackson Correctional Institution. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Marianna, City Of | 8,227 | 2 ppb |
| Graceville, City Of | 4,000 | 2.1 ppb |
| Jackson County Utilities No. 1 | 2,205 | 7.8 ppb |
| Sneads, Town Of Water System | 1,893 | 2.2 ppb |
| Apalachee Correctional Institution | 1,756 | 1 ppb |
| Grand Ridge, Town Of | 978 | 2.1 ppb |
| Cottondale Water System | 861 | 1 ppb |
| Greenwood, Town Of Water System | 692 | 3.1 ppb |
| Alford, Town Of | 497 | 2.2 ppb |
| Malone, Town Of Water System | 437 | 5 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Tallahassee, 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 Jackson Correctional Institution 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.