Spanish Lakes Fairways, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.2 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
Spanish Lakes Fairways serves about 3,120 people through 1,560 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in St. Lucie County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL4565043; phone on file: 772-878-5513. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2021 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Spanish Lakes Fairways is 1 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.2 ppb |
| 2021 | 1 ppb |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
Where this result ranks
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. Spanish Lakes Fairways's 0.2 ppb sits at the 27th percentile in Florida and the 41st nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
18 other systems share St. Lucie County; 17 of them have a higher latest lead result than Spanish Lakes Fairways. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Port St Lucie Utilities | 224,485 | 4.6 ppb |
| Ft. Pierce Utilities Authority | 58,000 | 1.1 ppb |
| St. Lucie West Services District | 21,400 | 1 ppb |
| St Lucie County Util North County System | 5,073 | 0.9 ppb |
| North Hutchinson Island | 3,954 | 1 ppb |
| Nettles Island | 3,056 | 1 ppb |
| Indian River Estates | 2,365 | 10 ppb |
| Spanish Lakes Country Club Village | 2,331 | 0.3 ppb |
| Harbour Ridge | 1,573 | 0 (not detected) |
| Grove , The | 1,125 | 0.5 ppb |
Next steps for Port Saint Lucie, FL
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Port Saint Lucie, 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 Spanish Lakes Fairways 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.