Jay, Town Of - Utilities Dept., FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.5 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. 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
Jay, Town Of - Utilities Dept. serves about 1,834 people through 524 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Santa Rosa County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL1570384; phone on file: 850-675-4556. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Jay, Town Of - Utilities Dept.'s lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (0.8 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Jay, Town Of - Utilities Dept. is 6.5 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.5 ppb |
| 2021 | 0.8 ppb |
| 2018 | 1 ppb |
| 2018 | 1 ppb |
| 2017 | 1 ppb |
| 2017 | 6.5 ppb |
| 2016 | 5.1 ppb |
| 2016 | 3.4 ppb |
How Jay, Town Of - Utilities Dept. 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. Jay, Town Of - Utilities Dept.'s 0.5 ppb sits at the 33rd percentile in Florida and the 43rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Santa Rosa County
14 other systems share Santa Rosa County; 13 of them have a higher latest lead result than Jay, Town Of - Utilities Dept.. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Pace Water System, Inc. | 49,328 | 2.6 ppb |
| Holley-Navarre Water System | 47,793 | 6.2 ppb |
| Milton, City Of Water System | 21,241 | 4.6 ppb |
| Midway Water System, Inc. | 21,196 | 2.1 ppb |
| Gulf Breeze Regional Water System | 17,596 | 2.3 ppb |
| East Milton Water System | 17,292 | 3 ppb |
| Point Baker Water System, Inc. | 11,318 | 1.1 ppb |
| Bagdad-Garcon Point Water System | 10,896 | 3.2 ppb |
| Navarre Beach Water System | 6,166 | 1.3 ppb |
| Chumuckla Water System, Inc. | 5,527 | 1.1 ppb |
Next steps for Jay, FL
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Jay, 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 Jay, Town Of - Utilities Dept. whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 4000 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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.