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Alachua County, Florida

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet FL001 · Alachua County 64 sys · 2,317 viol · #300/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-HIGH · SRC-GW · SYS-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 93.8% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 8.5% health
  • RANK-TOP #300/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 50.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-MID 64 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Suwannee County (+ 0.1 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Alachua County ranks #300 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #25 of 67 counties in Florida. See methodology · corpus placement.

Alachua County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 93.8% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 8.5% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 50.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #300 of 3,254 · #25 of 67 in Florida.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Alachua County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Alachua County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Dixie · lowest Alachua · this county Indian River · near Monroe · highest 66.7% 92.9% 93.8% 93.9% 94.1% 94.1% 100%

Source: EPA SDWIS (county aggregates) As of 2026-05-15

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Gru - Murphree WTP 195,681 30 Clean
Alachua WTP 8,220 50 Clean
High Springs WTP 5,795 97 Detected
Newberry WTP 3,885 73 Detected
Hawthorne WTP 2,275 34 -
Archer Water System 1,500 67 -
Palms of Archer 1,092 49 -
Waldo WTP 1,042 42 -
Gator Waterworks 800 255 -
Arredondo Estates 738 85 -
Micanopy Water System 605 97 -
Champions Park 400 58 -
Lake Alto Estates MHP 325 150 -
Westgate Manor MHP 300 30 -
Travelers Campground 300 7 -
Cypress ; Grove Brewing Company, LLC 299 4 -
Uf Center for Aquatic Weeds 250 17 -
Camp Kulaqua 200 55 -
Santa Fe Hills Subdivision 200 90 -
Forest Grove Baptist Church 190 0 -
Alachua Learning Academy 162 5 -
Cross Creek MHP 156 9 -
Alachua County Ag. ; Equestrian Center 150 19 -
We Would Agricultural Holdings, LP. 150 2 -
Austin Cary Forest - Uf 100 12 -
Christian Life Fellowship 100 91 -
Ayr Wellness 80 7 -
High Springs Campground 60 18 -
Usgs-Wetland ; Aquatic Research Center 60 36 -
Iskcon of Alachua County, Inc 60 2 -
Acorn Clinic 50 34 -
Windsor Baptist Church ; Academy 50 2 -
Christian Life World Academy 45 197 -
Uf-Lake Wauburg 40 67 -
Deerhaven Renewable 35 49 -
Rawlings Park 30 64 -
Gainesville Area Rowing WTP 30 1 -
Micanopy Inn 25 46 -
Florida Citrus Center #95 25 8 -
Lochloosa Harbor RV Park 25 18 -
Earl P. Powers Park 25 17 -
Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park 25 16 -
Nhra Auto Plus Raceway 25 42 -
Waldo Farmers and Flea Market 25 10 -
Diamond Sports Activity Center 25 25 -
Cafe Risque 25 26 -
Yearling Restaurant 25 9 -
Poe Springs Park 25 16 -
Micanopy Chevron 25 8 -
Copeland Park 25 26 -

Compare beyond Florida

Mid-flagged peers for Alachua County

Cross-state counties nearest Alachua County on flagged-system share (93.8%) and cumulative violation count (2,317). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.

Similar flagged-system rate

Nearest cross-state counties by % of SDWIS systems with at least one violation on record.

4 peers

Similar violation load

Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).

4 peers

Read our methodology · Check your water system - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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