Sunset Acres, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.5 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.
Who runs the water here
Sunset Acres serves about 69 people through 24 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Lee County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL5364002; phone on file: 561-492-7382. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Sunset Acres's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (0.5 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Sunset Acres is 0.5 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.5 ppb |
| 2021 | 0.5 ppb |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Sunset Acres's 0.5 ppb sits at the 31st percentile in Florida and the 43rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
19 other systems share Lee County; 14 of them have a higher latest lead result than Sunset Acres. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Lee County Utilities | 282,556 | 1.1 ppb |
| Cape Coral, City Of | 172,693 | 1.4 ppb |
| City Of Fort Myers Water Treatment Plant | 92,219 | 0.4 ppb |
| Bonita Springs Utilities | 76,033 | 2.1 ppb |
| Florida Governmental Utility Authority | 32,296 | 5.3 ppb |
| Greater Pine Island Water Association | 15,725 | 0.4 ppb |
| Island Water Association | 14,784 | 0.7 ppb |
| Gateway Services District | 14,553 | 1.9 ppb |
| Town Of Fort Myers Beach (Beach Water) | 6,499 | 5.2 ppb |
| Citrus Park Rv Resort (Bonita Terra) | 3,282 | 2.8 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Plantation, 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 Sunset Acres 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.