St Petersburg, City Of, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.8 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 Petersburg, City Of
St Petersburg, City Of serves about 349,979 people through 97,554 service connections, which makes it a very large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Pinellas County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL6521715; phone on file: 727-893-7261. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
St Petersburg, City Of's lead record
Against the period ending 2020 (1.6 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for St Petersburg, City Of is 1.9 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.9 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 Petersburg, City Of's 1.8 ppb sits at the 69th percentile in Florida and the 68th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
11 other systems share Pinellas County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than St Petersburg, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Pinellas County Utilities | 506,353 | 0.8 ppb |
| Clearwater Water System | 115,000 | 2.5 ppb |
| Pinellas Park Water Dept | 48,939 | 0.5 ppb |
| Dunedin Water System | 46,161 | 1.5 ppb |
| Tarpon Springs Water System | 28,875 | 1.6 ppb |
| Safety Harbor Water Dept | 16,473 | 0.6 ppb |
| Oldsmar Water System | 14,898 | 2.6 ppb |
| Gulfport Water System | 12,600 | 1.4 ppb |
| Belleair Water Plant | 5,299 | 1.6 ppb |
| Lake Tarpon Mobile Home Villag | 1,799 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; St Petersburg, 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 Petersburg, City Of 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.