Sunny Shore Water Company, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2022). 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.
Sunny Shore Water Company at a glance
Sunny Shore Water Company serves about 450 people through 263 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Manatee County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL6412418; phone on file: 352-302-7406. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Sunny Shore Water Company's lead record
Against the period ending 2018 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Sunny Shore Water Company is 1 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 ppb |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
How Sunny Shore Water Company 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. Sunny Shore Water Company's 1 ppb sits at the 48th percentile in Florida and the 53rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
6 other systems share Manatee County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Sunny Shore Water Company. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Manatee County Utilities Dept | 347,800 | 1.7 ppb |
| Bradenton City Of | 58,584 | 0.2 ppb |
| City Of Palmetto Water Dept. | 13,446 | 1.8 ppb |
| Town Of Longboat Key | 7,098 | 0.9 ppb |
| Heather Hills Estates | 700 | 1 ppb |
| Harbour Isles Master Association | 395 | 1 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; New Port Richey Fl, 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 Sunny Shore Water Company 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.