Town Of Penney Farms Wtp, FL
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 5.1 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. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Who runs the water here
Town Of Penney Farms Wtp serves about 489 people through 185 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Clay County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL2101019; phone on file: 904-529-9078. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Town Of Penney Farms Wtp's lead record
That is up 2.4 ppb from 2.7 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Town Of Penney Farms Wtp is 41 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.1 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.7 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.3 ppb |
| 2021 | 3.3 ppb |
| 2020 | 41 ppb over 15 |
| 2017 | 6.8 ppb |
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. Town Of Penney Farms Wtp's 5.1 ppb sits at the 93rd percentile in Florida and the 91st nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
10 other systems share Clay County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Town Of Penney Farms Wtp. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Orange Park Grid | 127,904 | 0.8 ppb |
| Lake Asbury Grid | 27,001 | 0.7 ppb |
| Town Of Orange Park | 8,668 | 0.7 ppb |
| City Of Green Cove Springs Wtp | 7,000 | 0.5 ppb |
| Keystone Postmaster Grid | 5,092 | 2.3 ppb |
| Camp Blanding Joint Training Center | 900 | 1.4 ppb |
| Penney Retirement Community | 450 | 9.8 ppb |
| Pier Station Wtp | 270 | 0 (not detected) |
| Kingsley Cove | 196 | 1.1 ppb |
| Lake Geneva Mhp | 95 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Penney Farms, FL
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Penney Farms, 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 Town Of Penney Farms Wtp 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.