St. Cloud, City Of (3 Wps), FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.1 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 St. Cloud, City Of (3 Wps)
St. Cloud, City Of (3 Wps) serves about 82,752 people through 32,452 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Osceola County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL3491373; phone on file: 407-957-7279. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is down 6.6 ppb from 8.7 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for St. Cloud, City Of (3 Wps) is 8.7 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.1 ppb |
| 2022 | 8.7 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2017 | 3.7 ppb |
How St. Cloud, City Of (3 Wps) 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. St. Cloud, City Of (3 Wps)'s 2.1 ppb sits at the 74th percentile in Florida and the 74th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Osceola County
23 other systems share Osceola County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than St. Cloud, City Of (3 Wps). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Toho Water Authority Eastern | 110,102 | 0.6 ppb |
| Toho Water Authority-Poinciana System | 69,447 | 0.4 ppb |
| Toho Water Authority Western | 40,330 | 1.4 ppb |
| Enterprise Cdd (Consecutive) | 11,178 | 2 ppb |
| Harmony Cdd | 6,221 | 0.8 ppb |
| Pleasant Hill Lakes S/D | 2,957 | - |
| Twa Sunbridge Water Treatment Plant | 542 | 0.4 ppb |
| Hammock Pointe Utility Association Inc | 515 | 2 ppb |
| Floridian Rv Resort | 450 | 0 (not detected) |
| Whispering Pines Mhp | 428 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; St. Cloud, 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 St. Cloud, City Of (3 Wps) 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.