St Lucie County Util North County System, 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.
About St Lucie County Util North County System
St Lucie County Util North County System serves about 5,073 people through 2,063 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in St. Lucie County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL4561689; phone on file: 772-462-1528. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2021 (1.9 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for St Lucie County Util North County System is 7 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2018 | 7 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. St Lucie County Util North County System's 0.9 ppb sits at the 43rd percentile in Florida and the 49th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in St. Lucie County
18 other systems share St. Lucie County; 10 of them have a higher latest lead result than St Lucie County Util North County System. 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 |
| North Hutchinson Island | 3,954 | 1 ppb |
| Spanish Lakes Fairways | 3,120 | 0.2 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 |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Fort Pierce, 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 Lucie County Util North County System 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.