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Town of Astatula

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
399 people
Connections
800
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Astatula, FL
County
Lake
Owner
Local government
The ZIP code it serves

34705

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 2022 to 2025.

Arsenic, haloacetic acids (HAA5), total trihalomethanes (TTHM), fluoride, chromium (total), nitrate and uranium: Florida’s own results, samples taken from June 2, 2022 to Dec. 4, 2024.

Above the health goal2

Arsenic

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

1.0ppb

Highest yearly average, 2022 to 2024

2024, one sample: 0.5 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 1.0 ppb, in 2022: below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. Its highest single sample was 2.0 ppb. In 2024, the latest year on file, its one sample was 0.5 ppb.

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

0.3ppb

90th percentile, 2025

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 0.3 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

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

9.9ppb

Highest yearly average, 2022 to 2024

2024 average: 2.5 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 9.9 ppb, in 2022, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. Its highest single sample was 11.2 ppb. In 2024, the latest year on file, its six samples averaged 2.5 ppb.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

7.1ppb

Highest yearly average, 2024

Averaged by year, the highest was 7.1 ppb, in 2024, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. Its highest single sample was 13.9 ppb. That is the only year on file.

What handles it

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

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.12ppm

Highest yearly average, 2022 to 2024

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.12 ppm, in 2024, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. That was also the latest year on file.

What handles it

Chromium (total)

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

0.5ppb

Highest yearly average, 2022 to 2024

2024, one sample: 0.4 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.5 ppb, in 2022, below EPA’s legal limit of 100 ppb. Its highest single sample was 1.0 ppb. In 2024, the latest year on file, its one sample was 0.4 ppb.

What handles it

2 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Nitrate
  • 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: 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?

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Violations since 2016

No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016. There are 6 monitoring or reporting violations: a sample missed, late or not reported.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Arsenic, haloacetic acids (HAA5), total trihalomethanes (TTHM), fluoride, chromium (total), nitrate and uranium results here are Florida’s own from 2022 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Town of Astatula’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 June 2, 2022 to Dec. 4, 2024.

Testing your own tap

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

  • Lake County Water Resource Management Laboratory

    Tavares, FL · about 5 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals

    (352) 343-3776

  • Central Florida Water Testing LLC DBA Plant Technicians

    Leesburg, FL · about 11 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (352) 787-2944

  • EMSL Analytical, Inc. - Orlando

    Orlando, FL · about 19 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, asbestos

    (407) 599-5887

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 FL3355000. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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