Nas Saufley Field, FL
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 12 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. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
Nas Saufley Field at a glance
Nas Saufley Field serves about 1,728 people through 34 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is federally owned and draws groundwater, in Escambia County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL1170899; phone on file: 850-452-3131. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Nas Saufley Field's lead record
That is up 4.3 ppb from 7.7 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Nas Saufley Field is 20 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 12 ppb over 10 |
| 2023 | 7.7 ppb |
| 2022 | 8.1 ppb |
| 2022 | 3.7 ppb |
| 2021 | 20 ppb over 15 |
| 2018 | 3.9 ppb |
Against other Florida systems
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. Nas Saufley Field's 12 ppb sits at the 99th percentile in Florida and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
11 other systems share Escambia County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Nas Saufley Field. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Emerald Coast Utilities Authority (Ecua) | 242,172 | 0.6 ppb |
| Peoples Water Service Company | 24,806 | 9 ppb |
| Nas Pensacola / Corry Station | 22,600 | 2.8 ppb |
| University Of West Florida | 13,285 | 2.1 ppb |
| Farm Hill Utilities, Inc. | 10,346 | 2.1 ppb |
| Molino Utilities, Inc. | 8,845 | 0.3 ppb |
| Cottage Hill Water Works | 6,737 | 3.7 ppb |
| Gonzalez Utilities Association, Inc. | 6,668 | 5 ppb |
| Erec Water System | 4,238 | 1 ppb |
| Century, Town Of | 3,490 | 0.4 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Pensacola, 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 Nas Saufley Field 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. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.