How many water violations are in Broward County?

Broward County has 4,156 total drinking water violations across 55 water systems, of which 414 are health-based violations. 100.0% of systems have at least one violation.

How many people get water from Broward County systems?

Water systems in Broward County serve approximately 1,905,863 people through 55 public water systems.

Has PFAS been detected in Broward County water?

Under EPA UCMR5, 22 of 31 tested systems in Broward County had at least one PFAS detection (71.0% of the UCMR5-tested subset - not of all 55 SDWIS systems).

What types of water sources supply Broward County?

Water systems in Broward County use GW (54 systems), SW (1 systems) as their primary water sources.

Are health-based violations serious?

Health-based violations indicate that drinking water exceeded Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) set by the EPA or failed treatment technique requirements. 10.0% of Broward County's violations are health-based. Among counties with any SDWIS violations, this extract puts Broward County in the lower health-based share band. Not all violations indicate immediate health risk, but they require corrective action.

Where does Broward County sit among U.S. counties for water-system population?

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Broward County ranks #21 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #2 of 67 counties in Florida. Ordinals use the same total_population DESC sort as the counties directory. See /methodology#corpus-placement.

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Broward County, Florida

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SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet FL011 · Broward County 55 sys · 4,156 viol · #21/3254

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

VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
HEALTH-LOW 10.0% health
RANK-TOP #21/3254
PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
PFAS-HIGH 71.0% detect
SRC-GW GW lead 98%
SYS-MID 55 systems
BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Pinellas County (+ 0 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Broward County ranks #21 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #2 of 67 counties in Florida. See methodology · corpus placement.

Broward County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 100.0% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 10.0% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 71.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #21 of 3,254 · #2 of 67 in Florida.

Water Systems

System Name	Population	Violations	PFAS
Pembroke Pines, City Of	187,459	131	Detected
Fort Lauderdale, City Of	185,163	144	Detected
Hollywood, City Of	147,566	77	Detected
Miramar (East ; West) Plants	127,700	90	Clean
City of Pompano	99,400	51	Detected
Plantation, East ; Central	85,496	50	Clean
Sunrise Springtree	79,550	54	Detected
Bcwws 1A	75,305	47	Detected
Sunrise Sawgrass	72,400	50	Clean
Coral Springs, City Of	65,000	43	Detected
Tamarac (West), City Of	63,793	80	Detected
City of Margate	62,254	53	Detected
Deerfield Beach, City Of	62,000	55	Detected
Lauderhill, City Of	55,000	83	Detected
Bcwws 2A	54,622	37	Detected
Coconut Creek, City Of	54,000	46	Detected
City of Weston (Indian Trace)	52,300	36	Clean
Coral Springs Improvement Dist	40,000	140	Clean
Hallandale Beach, City Of	40,000	67	Detected
Oakland Park City Of	38,905	52	Clean
North Springs Improvement District	37,371	77	Clean
North Lauderdale, City Of	35,709	73	Detected
Cooper City	33,752	64	Clean
Bcwws 3B/C	32,650	31	Detected
Dania Beach, City Of	30,000	139	Detected
Davie, Town of, #3 ; #5	26,000	66	Clean
Bcwws 3A	16,046	34	Detected
Wilton Manors, City Of	12,531	38	Detected
Sunrise Southwest	10,750	74	Detected
Royal Waterworks, Inc	4,481	123	Detected
Fern Crest Utilities, Inc.	3,750	138	-
Broward Co Port Everglades Dpt	3,000	40	-
Parkland Utilities Inc	2,590	54	-
Tamarac (East), City Of	2,582	22	Detected
Hillsboro Beach, Town Of	2,000	67	-
Colonies of Margate	1,400	8	-
Davie (Hacienda Village)	1,000	31	-
Sawgrass Recreation Park	400	33	-
Segadores de Vida	363	81	-
Community Worship Center	350	36	-
Dairy Queen	250	13	-
Iglesia Mision Vida	250	134	-
Christ Covenant Church	125	47	-
Fern Crest East	115	105	-
Seminole Truck Stop	100	59	-
Iglesia Bautista West Broward	70	255	-
Camp Lingua	60	8	-
I-75 Rest Area	50	39	-
Weston Spanish Congregation of Jehovah's	50	59	-
Everglades Holiday Park	30	541	-

Compare beyond Florida

Mid-flagged peers for Broward County

Cross-state counties nearest Broward County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (4,156). 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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