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Is East Lake, FL tap water safe?

3 utilities serve East Lake, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and Florida’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

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The short answer

None of the 3 utilities serving East Lake has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Florida’s records.

Pinellas County Utilities, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 0.8 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

The water from Pinellas County Utilities is very hard, an average of 217 mg/L (12.7 grains per gallon). How Florida’s water compares.

A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in East Lake’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Pinellas County Utilities’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near East Lake

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab Florida certifies.

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

  • Pace Analytical Services - Tampa

    Oldsmar, FL · about 4 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (813) 855-1844

  • Eurofins Tampa

    Tampa, FL · about 10 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (813) 885-7427

  • KNL Environmental Testing

    Tampa, FL · about 15 miles

    Certified for bacteria, radioactivity

    (813) 229-2879

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

ZIP codes in East Lake

Which ZIP codes are in East Lake: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: Florida Department of Health Environmental Laboratory Certification Program, drinking water labs, as listed in TNI LAMS; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.

Near East Lake

Other towns in Pinellas County with a page of their own.

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