Sjcu-Sawgrass Grid, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.9 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
Sjcu-Sawgrass Grid serves about 13,023 people through 5,209 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in St. Johns County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL2551004; phone on file: 904-209-2700. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Sjcu-Sawgrass Grid's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Sjcu-Sawgrass Grid is 1 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 1 ppb |
How Sjcu-Sawgrass Grid 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. Sjcu-Sawgrass Grid's 0.9 ppb sits at the 43rd percentile in Florida and the 49th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
19 other systems share St. Johns County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Sjcu-Sawgrass Grid. 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 |
| 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) |
| Jea: Palm Valley Ws | 965 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for St. Augustine, FL
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-Sawgrass Grid 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.