Okaloosa Co.Wtr.; Swr.System, FL
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.6 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. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Who runs the water here
Okaloosa Co.Wtr.; Swr.System serves about 80,295 people through 32,118 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Okaloosa County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL1460506; phone on file: 850-651-7172. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is down 5.7 ppb from 8.3 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Okaloosa Co.Wtr.; Swr.System is 20 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.6 ppb |
| 2020 | 8.3 ppb |
| 2019 | 6.7 ppb |
| 2018 | 2.8 ppb |
| 2018 | 2.3 ppb |
| 2017 | 20 ppb over 15 |
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. Okaloosa Co.Wtr.; Swr.System's 2.6 ppb sits at the 79th percentile in Florida and the 78th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
20 other systems share Okaloosa County; 10 of them have a higher latest lead result than Okaloosa Co.Wtr.; Swr.System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Crestview, City Of Water Dept. | 34,789 | 1.3 ppb |
| Destin Water Users, Inc. | 31,752 | 2.2 ppb |
| Fort Walton Beach, City Of | 24,113 | 1.7 ppb |
| Auburn Water System | 22,903 | 1.7 ppb |
| Niceville, City Of | 22,243 | 4.6 ppb |
| Okaloosa County Bluewater Bay-Raintree | 17,592 | 1.6 ppb |
| Hurlburt Field Water System | 10,006 | 6.3 ppb |
| Okaloosa County Mid System (Crestview) | 7,593 | 3 ppb |
| Valparaiso, City Of | 5,722 | 3.3 ppb |
| Eglin Main | 4,169 | 9.2 ppb |
Next steps for Fort Walton Beach, FL
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Fort Walton 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 Okaloosa Co.Wtr.; Swr.System 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. More in what a past exceedance means today.