Ozello Water Association, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.3 ppb (monitoring period 2020-2020). 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
Ozello Water Association serves about 5,220 people through 1,577 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Citrus County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL6091322; phone on file: 352-795-5331. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
That is down 1.3 ppb from 3.6 ppb in the period ending 2017. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ozello Water Association is 3.6 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 2.3 ppb |
| 2017 | 3.6 ppb |
How Ozello Water Association 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. Ozello Water Association's 2.3 ppb sits at the 76th percentile in Florida and the 76th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
43 other systems share Citrus County; 10 of them have a higher latest lead result than Ozello Water Association. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Citrus Co Utl/Charles A. Black | 29,218 | 1.4 ppb |
| Citrus Springs - Pine Ridge | 26,781 | 0.8 ppb |
| Sugarmill Woods S/D | 13,935 | 1.9 ppb |
| Inverness Water Dept | 7,194 | 1.2 ppb |
| Floral City Water Assn | 5,917 | 2.7 ppb |
| Homosassa Special Water District | 5,548 | 0 (not detected) |
| Crystal River, City Of | 4,528 | 2.3 ppb |
| Point O'Woods | 1,168 | 0.3 ppb |
| Cinnamon Ridge Utilities #2 | 638 | 0 (not detected) |
| Oak Forest | 528 | 1.1 ppb |
Next steps for Crystal River, FL
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Crystal River, 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 Ozello Water Association 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.