The Harbor House At Ocala, NY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 5.7 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
The Harbor House At Ocala serves about 75 people through 2 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Marion County, New York. EPA system ID: FL6424741; phone on file: 352-489-9698. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is up 5.7 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for The Harbor House At Ocala is 5.7 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.7 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 1.4 ppb |
Against other New York systems
Of the 2,077 New York systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1.5 ppb; 17 are over 15 ppb right now and 165 have gone over at some point. The Harbor House At Ocala's 5.7 ppb sits at the 88th percentile in New York and the 92nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
2 other systems share Marion County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than The Harbor House At Ocala. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Oak Tree Village Apts ; Campground | 412 | 0 (not detected) |
| Dogwood Acres | 181 | 8.3 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Brooklyn, NY 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 The Harbor House At Ocala 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.