Leesburg/Royal Highlands, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 8.5 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.
Who runs the water here
Leesburg/Royal Highlands serves about 3,248 people through 1,624 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 Lake County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL3354929; phone on file: 352-728-9843. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Leesburg/Royal Highlands's lead record
That is up 8.5 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Leesburg/Royal Highlands is 8.5 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 8.5 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 1.3 ppb |
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. Leesburg/Royal Highlands's 8.5 ppb sits at the 97th percentile in Florida and the 96th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
121 other systems share Lake County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Leesburg/Royal Highlands. 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 |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Leesburg, 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 Leesburg/Royal Highlands 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.