Lighthouse Cove, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.4 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.
Lighthouse Cove at a glance
Lighthouse Cove serves about 207 people through 83 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Brevard County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL3054058; phone on file: 321-772-2862. 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 2023 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lighthouse Cove is 2.5 ppb across 11 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.4 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 1 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.3 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 1 ppb |
| 2017 | 1 ppb |
| 2017 | 1 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.1 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. Lighthouse Cove's 0.4 ppb sits at the 29th percentile in Florida and the 42nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Brevard County
23 other systems share Brevard County; 14 of them have a higher latest lead result than Lighthouse Cove. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Cocoa, City Of | 294,039 | 2.2 ppb |
| Melbourne, City Of | 167,753 | 1.2 ppb |
| Palm Bay, City Of | 140,750 | 2.1 ppb |
| Titusville, City Of | 57,218 | 3 ppb |
| West Melbourne Wtr Sys(Consec) | 30,443 | 1.1 ppb |
| Barefoot Bay | 10,290 | 3.2 ppb |
| Mims Water Treatment / North Brevard Co. | 7,958 | 1.3 ppb |
| Patrick Space Force Base(Consec) | 7,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| South Brevard Water Co-Op | 1,537 | 0.4 ppb |
| South Shores Utility Association | 900 | 0.4 ppb |
Next steps for Melbourne Beach, FL
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Melbourne Beach, 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 Lighthouse Cove 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.