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Golden Terrace

What EPA’s and Florida’s records show in this utility’s water: nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals; lead and copper; and violations since 2016, with the certification that handles each result.

Serves
313 people
Connections
125
Water source
Groundwater bought from another system
Based in
Inverness, FL
County
Citrus
Owner
Private
The ZIP code it serves

34452

The short answer

1 result is above the limit’s level with no violation recorded, and 1 more is above the health goal. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), above the limit’s level, no violation. No health-based violations on file since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 2002 to 2024.

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) and haloacetic acids (HAA5): Florida’s own results, samples taken from July 9, 2020 to Nov. 13, 2024, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Above the limit’s level, no violation recorded1

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Above the limit’s level, no violation

95.9ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2024

Averaged by year, the highest was 95.9 ppb, in 2024, above EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. Its highest single sample was 96.8 ppb. That was also the latest year on file. EPA judges this limit on running averages at each sampling point, and recorded no violation for total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at this utility since 2020. Results like these with no violation often include water sampled before treatment or blending; the utility’s annual report says what reaches the tap. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 102 ppb, in 2015.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”

Above the health goal1

Lead

Comes from pipes, often your own

Above the health goal

6.1ppb

90th percentile, 2024

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 6.1 ppb, below EPA’s action level of 15 ppb. The action level drops to 10 ppb on Nov. 1, 2027. EPA’s health goal for lead is zero.

What handles it

Below EPA’s limits1

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

45.5ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2024

Averaged by year, the highest was 45.5 ppb, in 2024, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. Its highest single sample was 46.3 ppb. That was also the latest year on file. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 52.7 ppb, in 2015.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

What handles it

A certification covers specific claims, not a whole standard. Look for these claims on the certifier’s listing, not the box. Wording varies a little: NSF writes “Lead Reduction,” WQA just “Lead.”

  • NSF/ANSI 53

    Claims: Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction, Lead Reduction

    For: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), Lead

    Other certifiers’ wording: VOC Reduction

  • NSF/ANSI 58

    Claims: Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction, Lead Reduction

    For: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), Lead

At the tap, or for the whole house?

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Violations since 2016

No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016. There are 7 monitoring or reporting violations: a sample missed, late or not reported.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) and haloacetic acids (HAA5) results here are Florida’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Golden Terrace’s own annual report, which it must send you every year, has the contaminants this page does not show.

  • Your own plumbing. Lead results are the 90th percentile across homes the utility samples. Your home’s service line, solder and fixtures decide yours. A certified lab test is the only way to know.

  • What it means for your health. This page reports what the records show and EPA’s limits and goals; it is not medical advice. If you are worried about a health effect, talk to a doctor or your local health department.

  • Anything after the latest data. SDWIS data is from 2026 Q3; UCMR 5 didn’t sample this utility; Florida’s results run from July 9, 2020 to Nov. 13, 2024.

Testing your own tap

Golden Terrace’s results are for the water it sends out. What your own service line, solder and fixtures add shows up only in a test of your tap, by a lab Florida certifies.

The 3 labs Florida certifies closest to the area Golden Terrace serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Marion County Water Test Lab., LLC

    Ocala, FL · about 24 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (352) 694-6042

  • Central Florida Water Testing LLC DBA Plant Technicians

    Leesburg, FL · about 28 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (352) 787-2944

  • Aqua Pure Water & Sewage Service, LLC

    Ocala, FL · about 31 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (352) 355-2383

Florida Department of Health Bureau of Public Health Laboratories: Coliform and E. coli testing for private wells at the Jacksonville and Miami labs. Collection kits come from your county health department, and the sample has to reach the lab on ice the same day it is collected. $40 for private testing through the state lab. Well Water Testing, Florida Department of Health.

All 212 certified labs for Florida

Sources

PWSID FL6090674. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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