North Charlotte Water Works, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.3 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.
Who runs the water here
North Charlotte Water Works serves about 205 people through 82 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Charlotte County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL6084074; phone on file: 239-273-8700. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2024 (3.4 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for North Charlotte Water Works is 3.4 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.3 ppb |
| 2024 | 3.4 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.6 ppb |
| 2021 | 2 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.1 ppb |
How North Charlotte Water Works 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. North Charlotte Water Works's 3.3 ppb sits at the 85th percentile in Florida and the 84th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Charlotte County
16 other systems share Charlotte County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than North Charlotte Water Works. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Charlotte County Utilities | 173,820 | 9.6 ppb |
| City Of Punta Gorda | 36,302 | 4.4 ppb |
| Town And Country Utility | 13,427 | 0.4 ppb |
| Charlotte County Utilities / Burnt Store | 13,376 | 3 ppb |
| Gasparilla Island Water Assoc | 6,605 | 3.3 ppb |
| Charlotte Harbor Water Assn. | 4,722 | 2.8 ppb |
| Riverwood Community Del. Dist. | 2,243 | 2.7 ppb |
| Charlotte Correctional Institution | 1,779 | 0.2 ppb |
| El Jobean Water Association | 1,351 | 0.7 ppb |
| Little Gasparilla Water Utility Inc | 1,330 | 0.2 ppb |
Next steps for Nap[Les, FL
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Nap[Les, 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 North Charlotte Water Works 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.