Sjcu-Fruit Cove Oaks Ws, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.7 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.
About Sjcu-Fruit Cove Oaks Ws
Sjcu-Fruit Cove Oaks Ws serves about 485 people through 194 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in St. Johns County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL2550396; phone on file: 904-209-2703. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Sjcu-Fruit Cove Oaks Ws's lead record
Against the period ending 2020 (0.5 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Sjcu-Fruit Cove Oaks Ws is 0.7 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2020 | 0.5 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.5 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.5 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. Sjcu-Fruit Cove Oaks Ws's 0.7 ppb sits at the 38th percentile in Florida and the 46th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in St. Johns County
19 other systems share St. Johns County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Sjcu-Fruit Cove Oaks Ws. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Sjcu-Cr214 Mainland Wtp | 66,953 | 0.6 ppb |
| Sjcu-Northwest Utilities Wtp | 48,040 | 0 (not detected) |
| St. Augustine Ws | 43,069 | 0.8 ppb |
| Sjcu-Ponte Vedra Ws | 15,565 | 0.9 ppb |
| Sjcu-Northeast Utilities Ws | 14,790 | 1 ppb |
| Sjcu-Sawgrass Grid | 13,023 | 0.9 ppb |
| Jea: Ponte Vedra Grid | 5,395 | 0.8 ppb |
| Sjcu-North Beach Utilities | 4,200 | 0.6 ppb |
| Jea: Ponce De Leon Grid | 2,303 | 3.2 ppb |
| Sjcu-Hastings Wtp | 1,095 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; St. Augustine, 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 Sjcu-Fruit Cove Oaks Ws 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.