Villages Of Lake-Sumter - Wtps 1, 3, ; 5, 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 Villages Of Lake-Sumter - Wtps 1, 3, ; 5
Villages Of Lake-Sumter - Wtps 1, 3, ; 5 serves about 18,675 people through 9,829 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 Lake County, Florida. EPA system ID: FL3350942; phone on file: 352-751-3939. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2020 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Villages Of Lake-Sumter - Wtps 1, 3, ; 5 is 1.5 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2020 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 1.1 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. Villages Of Lake-Sumter - Wtps 1, 3, ; 5's 0.6 ppb sits at the 36th percentile in Florida and the 45th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Lake County
121 other systems share Lake County; 77 of them have a higher latest lead result than Villages Of Lake-Sumter - Wtps 1, 3, ; 5. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Leesburg, City Of | 46,921 | 1.8 ppb |
| Eustis, City Of (4 Wtps) | 39,721 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mount Dora, City Of (2wps) | 39,710 | 0 (not detected) |
| Clermont East Water System (2 Wps) | 39,279 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lake Utility Services Inc North (8 Wps) | 24,798 | 1 ppb |
| Groveland Water Department | 23,628 | 2.5 ppb |
| Tavares Water Department (4 Wps) | 22,007 | 0.8 ppb |
| Minneola Water Department (2 Wps) | 20,605 | 2.5 ppb |
| Lake Utility Services Inc South | 13,198 | 2.5 ppb |
| Mascotte Water Department | 12,355 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for The Villages, FL
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; The Villages, 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 Villages Of Lake-Sumter - Wtps 1, 3, ; 5 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.