North Springs Improvement District, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.5 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
North Springs Improvement District serves about 37,371 people through 14,596 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is under mixed public and private ownership and draws groundwater, in Broward County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL4064390; phone on file: 954-796-6628. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
North Springs Improvement District's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for North Springs Improvement District is 3.1 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2021 | 2 ppb |
| 2020 | 3.1 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.8 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.9 ppb |
How North Springs Improvement District 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 Springs Improvement District's 2.5 ppb sits at the 78th percentile in Florida and the 78th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
36 other systems share Broward County; 13 of them have a higher latest lead result than North Springs Improvement District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Pembroke Pines, City Of | 187,459 | 0.6 ppb |
| Fort Lauderdale, City Of | 185,163 | 4.9 ppb |
| Hollywood, City Of | 147,566 | 3.5 ppb |
| Miramar (East ; West) Plants | 137,107 | 1.2 ppb |
| City Of Pompano | 99,400 | 1.1 ppb |
| Plantation, East ; Central | 85,496 | 1 ppb |
| Sunrise Springtree | 79,550 | 1.3 ppb |
| Bcwws 1a | 75,305 | 1.6 ppb |
| Sunrise Sawgrass | 72,400 | 3.1 ppb |
| Coral Springs, City Of | 65,000 | 1.1 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Coral Springs, 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 Springs Improvement District 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.