Sumter Correctional Institution, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.3 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.
Sumter Correctional Institution at a glance
Sumter Correctional Institution serves about 2,008 people through 67 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by the state and draws groundwater, in Sumter County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL6601737; phone on file: 850-717-3926. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Sumter Correctional Institution's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (2.7 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Sumter Correctional Institution is 2.7 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.3 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.7 ppb |
| 2018 | 2.5 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. Sumter Correctional Institution's 2.3 ppb sits at the 76th percentile in Florida and the 76th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Sumter County
23 other systems share Sumter County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Sumter Correctional Institution. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| North Sumter Utility 3wps | 45,214 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wildwood, City Of (7 Wps) | 25,941 | 0 (not detected) |
| Little Sumter Utilities 3wps | 25,538 | 6.8 ppb |
| South Sumter Utilities | 24,278 | 0 (not detected) |
| Csu Wtp No. 1 | 19,699 | 1.5 ppb |
| Gibson Place Utilities | 9,770 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lake Panasoffkee Water Assn 2wps | 4,642 | 1.3 ppb |
| Village Of Pine Ridge (Consec) | 3,914 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bushnell, City Of (2 Wps) | 3,047 | 0 (not detected) |
| Middleton Utilities | 1,554 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Tallahassee, 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 Sumter Correctional Institution 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.