St. Lucie Falls, 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.
St. Lucie Falls at a glance
St. Lucie Falls serves about 499 people through 348 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Martin County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL4434014; phone on file: 772-221-1015. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
St. Lucie Falls's lead record
That is down 4.2 ppb from 4.4 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for St. Lucie Falls is 4.4 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.2 ppb |
| 2022 | 4.4 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.6 ppb |
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. St. Lucie Falls's 0.2 ppb sits at the 26th percentile in Florida and the 41st nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
14 other systems share Martin County; 11 of them have a higher latest lead result than St. Lucie Falls. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Martin Co Utilities | 104,105 | 4 ppb |
| South Martin Regional Utilities | 27,000 | 1.1 ppb |
| Stuart, City Of - Water Plant | 16,841 | 1.2 ppb |
| Village Of Indiantown | 5,847 | 0.5 ppb |
| Sailfish Point | 1,145 | 0.4 ppb |
| Soundings Yacht ; Tennis Club | 450 | 0 (not detected) |
| Natalie Estates Mobile Home Pk #200 | 250 | 2.2 ppb |
| Lakeside Village Mhp | 220 | 0.3 ppb |
| South Fork Homeowner Util Corp | 200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Woodbridge Mobile Village | 189 | 1.4 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Stuart, 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 Falls 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.