Peace River Heights, FL
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2024-2024). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
About Peace River Heights
Peace River Heights serves about 250 people through 70 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Hardee County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL6251954; phone on file: 407-629-6900. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is down 2 ppb from 2 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Peace River Heights is 2 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 2 ppb |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
Against other Florida systems
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. Peace River Heights's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 14th percentile in Florida and the 17th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
8 other systems share Hardee County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Peace River Heights. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Wauchula City Water Department | 5,000 | 1 ppb |
| Wauchula Hills Wtp (Hardee County) | 3,038 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bowling Green, City Of | 2,940 | 0.2 ppb |
| Zolfo Springs Wtp | 2,062 | 0.5 ppb |
| Hardee Correctional Institute | 1,900 | 2.5 ppb |
| Brookside Bluff Rv Park | 300 | 1 ppb |
| Charlie Creek-The Village Of | 142 | 0.7 ppb |
| Lakeside Neurologic (Fka F.I.N.R.) | 60 | 1.4 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Peace River Heights's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Peace River Heights 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.