Okaloosa County Mid System (Crestview), FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3 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.
Okaloosa County Mid System (Crestview) at a glance
Okaloosa County Mid System (Crestview) serves about 7,593 people through 3,563 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 Okaloosa County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL1464044; 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 up 1.9 ppb from 1.1 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Okaloosa County Mid System (Crestview) is 3 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.6 ppb |
How Okaloosa County Mid System (Crestview) 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. Okaloosa County Mid System (Crestview)'s 3 ppb sits at the 83rd percentile in Florida and the 83rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
20 other systems share Okaloosa County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Okaloosa County Mid System (Crestview). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Okaloosa Co.Wtr.; Swr.System | 80,295 | 2.6 ppb |
| 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 |
| Valparaiso, City Of | 5,722 | 3.3 ppb |
| Eglin Main | 4,169 | 9.2 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Ft. 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 County Mid System (Crestview) 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.