Pcud-Pasco County Regional Pws, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 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.
Pcud-Pasco County Regional Pws at a glance
Pcud-Pasco County Regional Pws serves about 214,403 people through 127,110 service connections, which makes it a very large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Pasco County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL6511361; phone on file: 813-929-2755. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Pcud-Pasco County Regional Pws's lead record
Against the period ending 2020 (0.8 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Pcud-Pasco County Regional Pws is 2.3 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 ppb |
| 2020 | 0.8 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.3 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. Pcud-Pasco County Regional Pws's 1 ppb sits at the 53rd percentile in Florida and the 56th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
63 other systems share Pasco County; 27 of them have a higher latest lead result than Pcud-Pasco County Regional Pws. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| 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) |
| Orangewood Water System | 6,464 | 1.4 ppb |
| Summertree | 2,850 | 1 ppb |
Next steps for Land O' Lakes, FL
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Land O' Lakes, 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 Pcud-Pasco County Regional Pws 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.