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Malone, Town of Water System

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
437 people
Connections
395
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Malone, FL
County
Jackson
Owner
Local government
The ZIP code it serves

32445

The short answer

1 result is above EPA’s legal limit, and 1 more is above the health goal. The worst: Nitrate, above the legal limit. 1 health-based violation since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 2010 to 2024.

Nitrate, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5), fluoride, arsenic and chromium (total): Florida’s own results, samples taken from March 10, 2020 to Nov. 6, 2024, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Above the legal limit1

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Above the legal limit

8.7ppm

Highest sample; found in 16 of 24

2024 average: 5.0 ppm

The highest sample, in 2024, was 8.7 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. That was also the latest year on file, and its five samples averaged 5.0 ppm. EPA judges this limit at each sampling point, and recorded a violation for nitrate at this utility in 2025. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 8.5 ppm, in 2016.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge)”

Above the health goal1

Lead

Comes from pipes, often your own

Above the health goal

5.0ppb

90th percentile, 2024

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 5.0 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 limits3

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

15.1ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2024

2024, one sample: 5.6 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 15.1 ppb, in 2021, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. In 2024, the latest year on file, its one sample was 5.6 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 16.2 ppb, in 2019.

What handles it

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

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

8.1ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2024

Averaged by year, the highest was 8.1 ppb, in 2024, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. That was also the latest year on file. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 4.2 ppb, in 2015.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.075ppm

Highest yearly average, 2021 to 2024

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.075 ppm, in 2024, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. Its highest single sample was 0.11 ppm. That was also the latest year on file. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 0.05 ppm, in 2012.

What handles it

2 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Arsenic
  • Chromium (total)

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: Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge), Lead Reduction

    For: Nitrate, Lead

  • NSF/ANSI 58

    Claims: Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction, Lead Reduction

    For: Nitrate, Lead

    Other certifiers’ wording: Nitrate

At the tap, or for the whole house?

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Violations since 2016

Contaminant or ruleTypePeriodMeasuredStatus
NitrateA sample was above the legal limit, for a contaminant judged one sample at a time.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Single SampleJuly 1, 2025 to July 31, 202510.8 MG/LArchived
Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record. 8 monitoring or reporting violations not shown.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Nitrate, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5), fluoride, arsenic and chromium (total) results here are Florida’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Malone, Town of Water System’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 March 10, 2020 to Nov. 6, 2024.

Testing your own tap

Malone, Town of Water System’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 Malone, Town of Water System serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Bay County Laboratory Services

    Panama City, FL · about 56 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (850) 872-4134

  • The Water Spigot

    Panama City, FL · about 56 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts

    (850) 871-1900

  • Ackuritlabs, Inc.

    Tallahassee, FL · about 60 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (850) 562-7751

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 FL1320440. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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