Nassau-Amelia Utilities, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.7 ppb (monitoring period 2025-2025). 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.
Nassau-Amelia Utilities at a glance
Nassau-Amelia Utilities serves about 9,750 people through 3,482 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Nassau County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL2450022; phone on file: 407-629-6900. 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 2022 (1.3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Nassau-Amelia Utilities is 1.9 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 1.9 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. Nassau-Amelia Utilities's 1.7 ppb sits at the 67th percentile in Florida and the 66th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Nassau County
8 other systems share Nassau County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Nassau-Amelia Utilities. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Jea: Lofton Oaks Grid | 24,318 | 0.7 ppb |
| Fernandina Beach Wtp | 21,925 | 1.7 ppb |
| Hilliard Wtp | 3,036 | 2 ppb |
| Callahan Wtp | 1,730 | 2.5 ppb |
| Dayspring Village | 121 | 0.5 ppb |
| Dayspring Senior Living | 64 | 0.5 ppb |
| Amelia Pines (Aka Duck Pond) | 60 | 8.1 ppb |
| Sandpiper Mhp | 30 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Longwood, 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 Nassau-Amelia 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.