Little Gasparilla Water Utility Inc, FL
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.2 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. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Who runs the water here
Little Gasparilla Water Utility Inc serves about 1,330 people through 527 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Charlotte County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL6080175; phone on file: 941-681-2778. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Little Gasparilla Water Utility Inc's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (0.2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Little Gasparilla Water Utility Inc is 20.9 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.2 ppb |
| 2022 | 0.2 ppb |
| 2022 | 0.2 ppb |
| 2021 | 20.9 ppb over 15 |
| 2018 | 3.2 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. Little Gasparilla Water Utility Inc's 0.2 ppb sits at the 26th percentile in Florida and the 41st nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
16 other systems share Charlotte County; 14 of them have a higher latest lead result than Little Gasparilla Water Utility Inc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Charlotte County Utilities | 173,820 | 9.6 ppb |
| City Of Punta Gorda | 36,302 | 4.4 ppb |
| Town And Country Utility | 13,427 | 0.4 ppb |
| Charlotte County Utilities / Burnt Store | 13,376 | 3 ppb |
| Gasparilla Island Water Assoc | 6,605 | 3.3 ppb |
| Charlotte Harbor Water Assn. | 4,722 | 2.8 ppb |
| Riverwood Community Del. Dist. | 2,243 | 2.7 ppb |
| Charlotte Correctional Institution | 1,779 | 0.2 ppb |
| El Jobean Water Association | 1,351 | 0.7 ppb |
| Bocilla Utilities, Inc. | 1,068 | 2.7 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Placida, 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 Little Gasparilla Water Utility Inc 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. More in what a past exceedance means today.