Panama City Beach City Of, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.5 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
Panama City Beach City Of serves about 67,205 people through 25,948 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 surface water, in Bay County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL1030515; phone on file: 850-233-5100. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Panama City Beach City Of's lead record
That is down 3.9 ppb from 7.4 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Panama City Beach City Of is 7.4 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.5 ppb |
| 2020 | 7.4 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 1 ppb |
How Panama City Beach City Of 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. Panama City Beach City Of's 3.5 ppb sits at the 87th percentile in Florida and the 85th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Bay County
8 other systems share Bay County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Panama City Beach City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Bay County Water System | 40,848 | 0.7 ppb |
| Panama City Water System | 34,345 | 1 ppb |
| Lynn Haven, City Of Water System | 23,380 | 4.4 ppb |
| Callaway, City Of Water System | 20,520 | 1.7 ppb |
| Springfield, City Of | 8,075 | 1 ppb |
| Mexico Beach, City Of | 5,888 | 1 ppb |
| Parker, City Of Water System | 4,358 | 1.7 ppb |
| Deer Haven Park | 68 | 1.7 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Panama City 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 Panama City Beach City Of 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.