Sugarmill Woods S/D, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.9 ppb (monitoring period 2020-2020). 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 Sugarmill Woods S/D
Sugarmill Woods S/D serves about 13,935 people through 6,545 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is under mixed public and private ownership and draws groundwater, in Citrus County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL6091735; phone on file: 352-527-7650. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2017 (1.8 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Sugarmill Woods S/D is 1.9 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.8 ppb |
How Sugarmill Woods S/D 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. Sugarmill Woods S/D's 1.9 ppb sits at the 70th percentile in Florida and the 69th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
43 other systems share Citrus County; 13 of them have a higher latest lead result than Sugarmill Woods S/D. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Citrus Co Utl/Charles A. Black | 29,218 | 1.4 ppb |
| Citrus Springs - Pine Ridge | 26,781 | 0.8 ppb |
| Inverness Water Dept | 7,194 | 1.2 ppb |
| Floral City Water Assn | 5,917 | 2.7 ppb |
| Homosassa Special Water District | 5,548 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ozello Water Association | 5,220 | 2.3 ppb |
| Crystal River, City Of | 4,528 | 2.3 ppb |
| Point O'Woods | 1,168 | 0.3 ppb |
| Cinnamon Ridge Utilities #2 | 638 | 0 (not detected) |
| Oak Forest | 528 | 1.1 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Lecanto, 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 Sugarmill Woods S/D 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.