Middleton Utilities, FL
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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
Middleton Utilities serves about 1,554 people through 484 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Sumter County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL3600016; phone on file: 352-753-6260. 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 2024 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Middleton Utilities is 0 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
How Middleton 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. Middleton Utilities's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 21st percentile in Florida and the 29th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
23 other systems share Sumter County; 12 of them have a higher latest lead result than Middleton Utilities. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| North Sumter Utility 3wps | 45,214 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wildwood, City Of (7 Wps) | 25,941 | 0 (not detected) |
| Little Sumter Utilities 3wps | 25,538 | 6.8 ppb |
| South Sumter Utilities | 24,278 | 0 (not detected) |
| Csu Wtp No. 1 | 19,699 | 1.5 ppb |
| Gibson Place Utilities | 9,770 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lake Panasoffkee Water Assn 2wps | 4,642 | 1.3 ppb |
| Village Of Pine Ridge (Consec) | 3,914 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bushnell, City Of (2 Wps) | 3,047 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sumter Correctional Institution | 2,008 | 2.3 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Middleton 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 Middleton 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.