Pluris-South Gate Utilities, 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.
Pluris-South Gate Utilities at a glance
Pluris-South Gate Utilities serves about 15,897 people through 4,709 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Sarasota County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL6588003; phone on file: 813-927-5798. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Pluris-South Gate Utilities's lead record
Against the period ending 2020 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Pluris-South Gate Utilities is 2 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 ppb |
| 2020 | 1 ppb |
| 2018 | 2 ppb |
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. Pluris-South Gate Utilities's 1 ppb sits at the 52nd percentile in Florida and the 55th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
12 other systems share Sarasota County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Pluris-South Gate Utilities. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Sarasota Co Special Util Dist | 272,267 | 0.5 ppb |
| North Port Utilities | 61,163 | 3.4 ppb |
| Sarasota-City Of | 55,364 | 1 ppb |
| Englewood Water Dist | 38,265 | 6.1 ppb |
| Venice Water Dept City Of | 31,358 | 0.3 ppb |
| Camelot Lakes | 1,700 | 0.6 ppb |
| Kings Gate Club | 838 | 0.4 ppb |
| Lake Tippecanoe | 361 | 3.5 ppb |
| Windward Isle Mhp Water System | 321 | 0.3 ppb |
| Venice Ranch Mobile Home Estates | 295 | 1 ppb |
Next steps for Lakeland, FL
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Lakeland, 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 Pluris-South Gate 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.