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The Meadows

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
358 people
Connections
143
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Homosassa Springs, FL
County
Citrus
Owner
Private
The ZIP code it serves

34448

The short answer

2 results are above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic, above the health goal. No health-based violations on file since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 2009 to 2024.

Haloacetic acids (HAA5) and total trihalomethanes (TTHM): Florida’s own results, samples taken from July 22, 2021 to July 5, 2024, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Arsenic, nitrate, chromium (total) and fluoride: EPA’s compliance monitoring file, samples taken from April 10, 2012 to April 25, 2017. Newer results are in the utility’s annual water quality report.

Above the health goal2

Arsenic

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

1.9ppb

Highest yearly average, 2012 to 2015

Averaged by year, the highest was 1.9 ppb, in 2015: below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. That was also the latest year on file.

What handles it

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

Lead

Comes from pipes, often your own

Above the health goal

1.2ppb

90th percentile, 2024

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 1.2 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 limits4

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

0.8ppm

Highest sample; found in 6 of 6

2017, one sample: 0.8 ppm

The highest sample, in 2016, was 0.8 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2017, the latest year on file, its one sample was 0.8 ppm.

What handles it

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

Chromium (total)

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

5.4ppb

Highest yearly average, 2012 to 2015

2015, one sample: 3.9 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 5.4 ppb, in 2012, below EPA’s legal limit of 100 ppb. In 2015, the latest year on file, its one sample was 3.9 ppb.

What handles it

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.14ppm

Highest yearly average, 2012 to 2015

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.14 ppm, in 2015, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. That was also the latest year on file.

What handles it

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

1.3ppb

Highest yearly average, 2021 to 2024

2024: not found

Averaged by year, the highest was 1.3 ppb, in 2021, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. In 2024, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in any of its two samples. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 7.7 ppb, in 2019.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

One compound tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

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

    For: Arsenic, Lead

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

  • NSF/ANSI 58

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

    For: Arsenic, Lead

    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 8 monitoring or reporting violations: a sample missed, late or not reported.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Haloacetic acids (HAA5) and total trihalomethanes (TTHM) results here are Florida’s own from 2021 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Arsenic, nitrate, chromium (total) and fluoride come from EPA’s file alone, which ends in 2019. The Meadows’s own annual report, which it must send you every year, has newer results for those and 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 22, 2021 to July 5, 2024; EPA’s compliance samples are from April 10, 2012 to April 25, 2017.

Testing your own tap

The Meadows’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 The Meadows serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Tampa Bay Water

    Land O'Lakes, FL · about 37 miles

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

    (813) 929-4511

  • Marion County Water Test Lab., LLC

    Ocala, FL · about 39 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (352) 694-6042

  • Aqua Pure Water & Sewage Service, LLC

    Ocala, FL · about 44 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 FL6094480. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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