Mexico Beach, City Of, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 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.
About Mexico Beach, City Of
Mexico Beach, City Of serves about 5,888 people through 2,355 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Bay County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL1030467; phone on file: 850-648-5700. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Mexico Beach, City Of's lead record
Against the period ending 2020 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Mexico Beach, City Of is 1 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 ppb |
| 2020 | 1 ppb |
| 2017 | 1 ppb |
How Mexico Beach, City Of 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. Mexico Beach, City Of's 1 ppb sits at the 52nd percentile in Florida and the 55th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
8 other systems share Bay County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Mexico Beach, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Panama City Beach City Of | 67,205 | 3.5 ppb |
| Bay County Water System | 40,848 | 0.7 ppb |
| Panama City Water System | 34,345 | 1 ppb |
| Lynn Haven, City Of Water System | 23,380 | 4.4 ppb |
| Callaway, City Of Water System | 20,520 | 1.7 ppb |
| Springfield, City Of | 8,075 | 1 ppb |
| Parker, City Of Water System | 4,358 | 1.7 ppb |
| Deer Haven Park | 68 | 1.7 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Mexico 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 Mexico Beach, City Of 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.