Pinellas County Utilities, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.8 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.
Pinellas County Utilities at a glance
Pinellas County Utilities serves about 506,353 people through 114,525 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 Pinellas County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL6521405; phone on file: 727-582-2300. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2017 (1.6 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Pinellas County Utilities is 1.6 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 0.8 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.6 ppb |
How Pinellas County Utilities 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. Pinellas County Utilities's 0.8 ppb sits at the 42nd percentile in Florida and the 48th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
11 other systems share Pinellas County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Pinellas County Utilities. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| St Petersburg, City Of | 349,979 | 1.8 ppb |
| Clearwater Water System | 115,000 | 2.5 ppb |
| Pinellas Park Water Dept | 48,939 | 0.5 ppb |
| Dunedin Water System | 46,161 | 1.5 ppb |
| Tarpon Springs Water System | 28,875 | 1.6 ppb |
| Safety Harbor Water Dept | 16,473 | 0.6 ppb |
| Oldsmar Water System | 14,898 | 2.6 ppb |
| Gulfport Water System | 12,600 | 1.4 ppb |
| Belleair Water Plant | 5,299 | 1.6 ppb |
| Lake Tarpon Mobile Home Villag | 1,799 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Largo, 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 Pinellas County Utilities 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.