Lance Water, FL
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Who runs the water here
Lance Water serves about 63 people through 18 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is under mixed public and private ownership and draws groundwater, in Columbia County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL2124409; phone on file: 352-302-7406. 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 2020 (0.7 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lance Water is 5.4 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2017 | 5.4 ppb |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
How Lance Water 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. Lance Water's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 4th percentile in Florida and the 5th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Columbia County
15 other systems share Columbia County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Lance Water. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Lake City (Price Creek Wtp) | 20,488 | 2.6 ppb |
| Town Of Fort White Wtp | 750 | 0 (not detected) |
| Woodgate Village | 343 | 3 ppb |
| Sundial Apartments | 265 | 0.4 ppb |
| Verndale Apartments | 250 | 0 (not detected) |
| Brandon-Brent Heights Wtp | 218 | 2.1 ppb |
| College Manor Utilities | 150 | 1.7 ppb |
| Maple Lane Associates | 147 | 1 ppb |
| Quail Heights Country Club | 103 | 9.8 ppb |
| Cannon Creek Mhp | 100 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for New Port Richey, FL
Look up your address in Lance Water's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Lance Water 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.