Neptune Beach, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.8 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.
Who runs the water here
Neptune Beach serves about 7,270 people through 3,621 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 groundwater, in Duval County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL2160206; phone on file: 904-270-2423. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2020 (0.8 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Neptune Beach is 1 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.8 ppb |
| 2020 | 0.8 ppb |
| 2017 | 1 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. Neptune Beach's 0.8 ppb sits at the 41st percentile in Florida and the 48th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
16 other systems share Duval County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Neptune Beach. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Jea Major Grid | 826,664 | 1.5 ppb |
| Atlantic Beach Water System | 23,503 | 0.8 ppb |
| Jacksonville Beach Wtp | 23,352 | 1 ppb |
| N.A.S. Jacksonville | 22,000 | 1.9 ppb |
| N.S. Mayport | 20,500 | 2.9 ppb |
| Jacksonville University | 3,480 | 0.5 ppb |
| Baldwin Water System | 1,790 | 0.5 ppb |
| Saddle Brook Landings | 1,000 | 0.5 ppb |
| Oaks Of Atlantic Beach | 556 | 0.7 ppb |
| Crystal Springs Estates Mhp | 350 | 0.2 ppb |
Next steps for Neptune Beach, FL
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Neptune 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 Neptune Beach 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.