Manatee Utilities, 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
Manatee Utilities serves about 290 people through 63 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Levy County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL2380188; phone on file: 352-486-5376. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2020 (0.6 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Manatee Utilities is 3.4 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2017 | 3.4 ppb |
How Manatee Utilities 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. Manatee Utilities's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 14th percentile in Florida and the 18th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
12 other systems share Levy County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Manatee Utilities. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Williston Wtp | 2,400 | 2.5 ppb |
| City Of Chiefland Wtp | 2,031 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Inglis | 1,630 | 5.5 ppb |
| Fanning Springs Ws | 1,310 | 2.7 ppb |
| Bronson Wtp | 1,125 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cedar Key Wtp | 735 | 0 (not detected) |
| Yankeetown Wtp | 711 | 0 (not detected) |
| University Oaks Mhp | 369 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fowlers Bluff Wtp | 300 | 1.6 ppb |
| Fimc Hideaway Inc (Springside) | 275 | 1.6 ppb |
Next steps for Bronson, FL
Look up your address in Manatee Utilities'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 Manatee Utilities 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.