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Pelican Lake Water Plant

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
222 people
Connections
69
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Pahokee, FL
County
Palm Beach
Owner
Private
The 2 ZIP codes it serves

33438, 33476

The short answer

1 result is above EPA’s legal limit, and 2 more are above the health goal. The worst: Copper, above the action level. No health-based violations on file since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 2022 to 2025.

Arsenic, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5), nitrate, chromium (total), fluoride and uranium: Florida’s own results, samples taken from Feb. 19, 2020 to Dec. 5, 2024, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Above the legal limit1

Copper

Comes from pipes, often your own

Above the action level

1.4ppm

90th percentile, 2025

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 1.4 ppm, above EPA’s action level of 1.3 ppm.

What handles it

Above the health goal2

Lead

Comes from pipes, often your own

Above the health goal

10ppb

90th percentile, 2025

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

What handles it

Arsenic

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

0.7ppb

Highest yearly average, 2021 to 2024

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.7 ppb, in 2024: below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. That was also the latest year on file. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 1.1 ppb, in 2018.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction”

Below EPA’s limits3

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

50.4ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2024

2024 average: 23.5 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 50.4 ppb, in 2020, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. Its highest single sample was 62.1 ppb. In 2024, the latest year on file, its four samples averaged 23.5 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 59 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

18ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2024

Averaged by year, the highest was 18 ppb, in 2024, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. Its highest single sample was 26.8 ppb. That was also the latest year on file. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 24.6 ppb, in 2019.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

0.16ppm

Highest sample; found in 1 of 4

2024: not found

The highest sample, in 2020, was 0.16 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2024, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in its one sample. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 0.17 ppm, in 2019.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge)”
3 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Chromium (total)
  • Fluoride
  • Uranium

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: Copper Reduction, Lead Reduction, Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction

    For: Copper, Lead, Arsenic

    Other certifiers’ wording: Arsenic (III) (50 ppb influent level)

  • NSF/ANSI 58

    Claims: Copper Reduction, Lead Reduction, Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction

    For: Copper, Lead, Arsenic

    Other certifiers’ wording: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=300 ppb Reduction; Arsenic (V) (300 ppb influent level)

At the tap, or for the whole house?

Lead and copper usually come from pipes and fixtures inside or near your home. A whole-house system sits where water enters, so it cannot catch what your own plumbing adds after it. For those, the filter that counts is the one at the tap. How whole-house systems compare.

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Violations since 2016

No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016. There are 16 monitoring or reporting violations: a sample missed, late or not reported.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Arsenic, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5), nitrate, chromium (total), fluoride and uranium results here are Florida’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Pelican Lake Water Plant’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 Feb. 19, 2020 to Dec. 5, 2024.

Testing your own tap

Pelican Lake Water Plant’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 Pelican Lake Water Plant serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Everglades Laboratories, Inc.

    West Palm Beach, FL · about 28 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (561) 833-4200

  • Jupiter Environmental Laboratories, Inc.

    Jupiter, FL · about 30 miles

    Certified for bacteria, lead and copper, metals, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts

    (561) 575-0030

  • Eurofins Port St. Lucie

    Port St. Lucie, FL · about 34 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (772) 343-8006

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 FL4505002. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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