Metals · 2024

Lead in Jacksonville, FL tap water

Within the federal limit· 0.2× the limit

Jacksonville, FL's 2024 Lead measurement is below the federal limit of 0 ug/L (MCLG).

The measurement

StatisticValue
Reported level
Major Grid
2.65 ug/L
Range
Major Grid
0–2.65 ug/L
Reported level
Mayport
Not detected ug/L
Range
Mayport
Not detected ug/L
Reported level
Lofton Oaks Grid
Not detected ug/L
Range
Lofton Oaks Grid
Not detected ug/L
Reported level
Ponce de Leon Grid
0.1 ug/L
Range
Ponce de Leon Grid
0–0.1 ug/L
Reported level
Ponte Vedra Grid
Not detected ug/L
Range
Ponte Vedra Grid
Not detected ug/L
Reported level
Palm Valley
Not detected ug/L
Range
Palm Valley
Not detected ug/L
90th percentile
Major Grid
1.5 ug/L
90th percentile
Mayport
0.6 ug/L
90th percentile
Lofton Oaks Grid
0.6 ug/L
90th percentile
Ponce de Leon Grid
3.19 ug/L
90th percentile
Ponte Vedra Grid
0.84 ug/L
90th percentile
Palm Valley
Not detected ug/L

Verbatim from Jacksonville, FL's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Lead

A toxic metal that leaches into water from old service lines, solder, and plumbing fixtures.

There is no safe level of lead; it harms brain development in children and raises blood pressure in adults. The EPA sets an action level, not a health goal above zero.

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People also ask

+Is there Lead in Jacksonville, FL tap water?

Yes — Jacksonville, FL's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Lead at 3.19 ug/L. Jacksonville, FL's 2024 Lead measurement is below the federal limit of 0 ug/L (MCLG).

+What's the federal limit for Lead in drinking water?

The federal MCLG for Lead is 0 ug/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Lead?

A toxic metal that leaches into water from old service lines, solder, and plumbing fixtures. There is no safe level of lead; it harms brain development in children and raises blood pressure in adults. The EPA sets an action level, not a health goal above zero.

+Where does this Lead measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Lead entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Jacksonville, FL water utility — the annual drinking-water report every U.S. utility is required by federal law to publish. The original source document is archived at /water/fl/jacksonville/2024/source.

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