Orangewood Water System, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.4 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.
Orangewood Water System at a glance
Orangewood Water System serves about 6,464 people through 1,847 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 Pasco County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL6511311; phone on file: 407-468-3268. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Orangewood Water System's lead record
That is up 1.4 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Orangewood Water System is 1.7 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 1.7 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Orangewood Water System's 1.4 ppb sits at the 61st percentile in Florida and the 62nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
63 other systems share Pasco County; 22 of them have a higher latest lead result than Orangewood Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Pcud-Pasco County Regional Pws | 214,403 | 1 ppb |
| New Port Richey Water Dept | 33,000 | 2 ppb |
| Seven Springs | 32,834 | 1.2 ppb |
| Zephyrhills City Of | 29,117 | 0 (not detected) |
| Dade City Water Dept | 15,561 | 0 (not detected) |
| Aloha Gardens Utilities | 8,136 | 1.6 ppb |
| Port Richey Water Dept-City Of | 7,732 | 1.3 ppb |
| Hudson Water Works | 7,169 | 5 ppb |
| Turtle Lakes (Mad Hatter East) | 7,021 | 0 (not detected) |
| Summertree | 2,850 | 1 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Holiday, 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 Orangewood Water System whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1400 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.