South Shore Water Assn., Inc., FL
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
About South Shore Water Assn., Inc.
South Shore Water Assn., Inc. serves about 4,498 people through 1,799 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Hendry County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL5260262; phone on file: 863-983-2323. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is down 1.5 ppb from 1.5 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for South Shore Water Assn., Inc. is 7.4 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2020 | 0.4 ppb |
| 2017 | 7.4 ppb |
How South Shore Water Assn., Inc. 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. South Shore Water Assn., Inc.'s reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 23rd percentile in Florida and the 34th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
8 other systems share Hendry County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than South Shore Water Assn., Inc.. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Port Labelle | 11,782 | 2 ppb |
| Clewiston, City Of | 9,643 | 0.3 ppb |
| City Of Labelle | 6,790 | 3.6 ppb |
| Riverbend Motorcoach Resort | 309 | 1 ppb |
| Liberty Shores | 290 | 1.8 ppb |
| Palm And Pines Mobile Home Pk | 284 | 12.8 ppb |
| Riverbend Estates | 200 | 1 ppb |
| Riverlandings Water Treatment Plant | 134 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Clewiston, FL
Look up your address in South Shore Water Assn., Inc.'s service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask South Shore Water Assn., Inc. 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.