Toho Water Authority Eastern, FL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.6 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 Toho Water Authority Eastern
Toho Water Authority Eastern serves about 110,102 people through 35,090 service connections, which makes it a very large system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Osceola County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL3490751; phone on file: 407-944-5073. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Toho Water Authority Eastern's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (0.6 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Toho Water Authority Eastern is 1.1 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2022 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2020 | 0.5 ppb |
| 2020 | 0.8 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.1 ppb |
How Toho Water Authority Eastern 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. Toho Water Authority Eastern's 0.6 ppb sits at the 36th percentile in Florida and the 45th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
23 other systems share Osceola County; 11 of them have a higher latest lead result than Toho Water Authority Eastern. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| St. Cloud, City Of (3 Wps) | 82,752 | 2.1 ppb |
| Toho Water Authority-Poinciana System | 69,447 | 0.4 ppb |
| Toho Water Authority Western | 40,330 | 1.4 ppb |
| Enterprise Cdd (Consecutive) | 11,178 | 2 ppb |
| Harmony Cdd | 6,221 | 0.8 ppb |
| Pleasant Hill Lakes S/D | 2,957 | - |
| Twa Sunbridge Water Treatment Plant | 542 | 0.4 ppb |
| Hammock Pointe Utility Association Inc | 515 | 2 ppb |
| Floridian Rv Resort | 450 | 0 (not detected) |
| Whispering Pines Mhp | 428 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Kissimmee, FL
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Kissimmee, 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 Toho Water Authority Eastern 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.