Sunrise Southwest, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 9.9 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 Sunrise Southwest
Sunrise Southwest serves about 10,750 people through 2,702 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Broward County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL4064326; phone on file: 954-846-7400. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Sunrise Southwest's lead record
That is up 5.7 ppb from 4.2 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Sunrise Southwest is 12 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 9.9 ppb |
| 2022 | 4.2 ppb |
| 2021 | 9.4 ppb |
| 2020 | 12 ppb over 10 |
| 2017 | 1.9 ppb |
How Sunrise Southwest 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. Sunrise Southwest's 9.9 ppb sits at the 98th percentile in Florida and the 97th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
36 other systems share Broward County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Sunrise Southwest. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Pembroke Pines, City Of | 187,459 | 0.6 ppb |
| Fort Lauderdale, City Of | 185,163 | 4.9 ppb |
| Hollywood, City Of | 147,566 | 3.5 ppb |
| Miramar (East ; West) Plants | 137,107 | 1.2 ppb |
| City Of Pompano | 99,400 | 1.1 ppb |
| Plantation, East ; Central | 85,496 | 1 ppb |
| Sunrise Springtree | 79,550 | 1.3 ppb |
| Bcwws 1a | 75,305 | 1.6 ppb |
| Sunrise Sawgrass | 72,400 | 3.1 ppb |
| Coral Springs, City Of | 65,000 | 1.1 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Sunrise, 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 Sunrise Southwest 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.