Lake Correctional Institution, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.2 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.
About Lake Correctional Institution
Lake Correctional Institution serves about 1,500 people through 40 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by the state and draws groundwater, in Lake County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL3350690; phone on file: 850-717-3926. 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 (0.2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lake Correctional Institution is 4.8 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.2 ppb |
| 2021 | 0.2 ppb |
| 2018 | 2.8 ppb |
| 2017 | 4.8 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Lake Correctional Institution's 0.2 ppb sits at the 26th percentile in Florida and the 41st nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Lake County
121 other systems share Lake County; 95 of them have a higher latest lead result than Lake Correctional Institution. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Leesburg, City Of | 46,921 | 1.8 ppb |
| Eustis, City Of (4 Wtps) | 39,721 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mount Dora, City Of (2wps) | 39,710 | 0 (not detected) |
| Clermont East Water System (2 Wps) | 39,279 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lake Utility Services Inc North (8 Wps) | 24,798 | 1 ppb |
| Groveland Water Department | 23,628 | 2.5 ppb |
| Tavares Water Department (4 Wps) | 22,007 | 0.8 ppb |
| Minneola Water Department (2 Wps) | 20,605 | 2.5 ppb |
| Villages Of Lake-Sumter - Wtps 1, 3, ; 5 | 18,675 | 0.6 ppb |
| Lake Utility Services Inc South | 13,198 | 2.5 ppb |
Next steps for Tallahassee, FL
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 Lake 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.