Jea: Ponte Vedra Grid, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.8 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.
Jea: Ponte Vedra Grid at a glance
Jea: Ponte Vedra Grid serves about 5,395 people through 2,044 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in St. Johns County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL2550908; phone on file: 904-665-4540. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Jea: Ponte Vedra Grid's lead record
Against the period ending 2020 (1.5 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Jea: Ponte Vedra Grid is 1.7 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.8 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.7 ppb |
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. Jea: Ponte Vedra Grid's 0.8 ppb sits at the 41st percentile in Florida and the 48th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
19 other systems share St. Johns County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Jea: Ponte Vedra Grid. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Sjcu-Cr214 Mainland Wtp | 66,953 | 0.6 ppb |
| Sjcu-Northwest Utilities Wtp | 48,040 | 0 (not detected) |
| St. Augustine Ws | 43,069 | 0.8 ppb |
| Sjcu-Ponte Vedra Ws | 15,565 | 0.9 ppb |
| Sjcu-Northeast Utilities Ws | 14,790 | 1 ppb |
| Sjcu-Sawgrass Grid | 13,023 | 0.9 ppb |
| Sjcu-North Beach Utilities | 4,200 | 0.6 ppb |
| Jea: Ponce De Leon Grid | 2,303 | 3.2 ppb |
| Sjcu-Hastings Wtp | 1,095 | 0 (not detected) |
| Jea: Palm Valley Ws | 965 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Jacksonville, 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 Jea: Ponte Vedra Grid 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.