Manalapan Wtp (Leroy C.Paslay), FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.2 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.
Manalapan Wtp (Leroy C.Paslay) at a glance
Manalapan Wtp (Leroy C.Paslay) serves about 425 people through 305 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Palm Beach County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL4500840; phone on file: 561-383-2540. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Manalapan Wtp (Leroy C.Paslay)'s lead record
That is up 1.2 ppb from 1 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Manalapan Wtp (Leroy C.Paslay) is 8 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.2 ppb |
| 2024 | 1 ppb |
| 2021 | 8 ppb |
| 2019 | 3.1 ppb |
| 2018 | 3.1 ppb |
How Manalapan Wtp (Leroy C.Paslay) 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. Manalapan Wtp (Leroy C.Paslay)'s 2.2 ppb sits at the 74th percentile in Florida and the 75th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
31 other systems share Palm Beach County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Manalapan Wtp (Leroy C.Paslay). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Palm Beach County Water Utilities | 671,114 | 1.4 ppb |
| West Palm Beach Wtp | 132,000 | 3 ppb |
| Boca Raton Wtp | 130,000 | 0.6 ppb |
| Boynton Beach Pws | 112,000 | 4.4 ppb |
| Seacoast Utilities Authority | 97,552 | 1.6 ppb |
| Jupiter Public Water System,Town Of | 94,929 | 0.9 ppb |
| Delray Beach Public Water System | 69,754 | 3.7 ppb |
| Wellington Wtp | 56,475 | 1.7 ppb |
| Lake Worth Beach Utilities | 48,000 | 1.3 ppb |
| Riviera Beach Utility District, City Of | 46,762 | 2.4 ppb |
Next steps for Manalapan, FL
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Manalapan, 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 Manalapan Wtp (Leroy C.Paslay) 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.