San Mateo Estates, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.4 ppb (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. 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
San Mateo Estates serves about 112 people through 32 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Putnam County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL2544295; phone on file: 239-313-7604. 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 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for San Mateo Estates is 0.4 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.4 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 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. San Mateo Estates's 0.4 ppb sits at the 29th percentile in Florida and the 42nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
29 other systems share Putnam County; 14 of them have a higher latest lead result than San Mateo Estates. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| R.C. Willis Wtp (City Of Palatka) | 11,900 | 16.8 ppb |
| Town Of Welaka | 2,421 | 0 (not detected) |
| Crescent City Wtp | 1,900 | 0 (not detected) |
| East Putnam Regional | 1,500 | 1.1 ppb |
| Melrose Wtp | 1,300 | 3.4 ppb |
| Rpuma | 1,000 | 1 ppb |
| Interlachen Ws | 791 | 0.7 ppb |
| Interlachen Lake Estates | 717 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pomona Park | 672 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hermits Cove Water System | 558 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Fort Myers, FL
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Fort Myers, 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 San Mateo Estates 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.