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Highlands County, Florida

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet FL055 · Highlands County 71 sys · 2,009 viol · #565/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 95.8% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 31.0% health
  • RANK-TOP #565/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 50.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-MID 71 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Marion County ( -0.1 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Highlands County ranks #565 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #37 of 67 counties in Florida. See methodology · corpus placement.

Highlands County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 95.8% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 31.0% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 50.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #565 of 3,254 · #37 of 67 in Florida.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Highlands County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Dixie · lowest Highlands · this county Flagler · near Monroe · highest 66.7% 95.7% 95.8% 95.8% 96% 96.2% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Sebring Water ; Sewer System 44,900 61 Detected
Avon Park, City Of 19,361 43 Detected
Sun N Lakes of Sebring Water 7,710 34 Clean
Lake Placid, Town Of 4,692 43 Detected
Spring Lake Improvement Distirct 4,030 11 Clean
Placid Lakes Utilities, Inc 3,307 46 Clean
Tomoka Heights 2,802 26 -
Buttonwood Bay MHP 2,000 154 -
Lake Josephine Heights 1,325 41 -
Circle K #7451 1,000 6 -
Highway Park WTP 977 15 -
Tropical Harbor Estates 844 15 -
LP Water Works Inc. (the Woodlands) 800 15 -
Leisure Lakes (Covered Bridge) 632 43 -
Sunshine RV Park 600 34 -
Adelaide Shores RV Resort 600 4 -
Sunshine Water Services 476 10 -
Lake Bonnet Village 450 17 -
Maranatha Village 400 12 -
Lakeside Village MHP 325 13 -
Lake Placid Cong. of Jehovah's Witnesses 300 2 -
Lake Placid Campground 288 29 -
VFW Post 3880, Lake Placid 286 10 -
Bonnet Lake Campground 280 217 -
Lake Placid Conference Center 257 27 -
Hidden Acres Estates 250 162 -
Kissimmee River Fishing Resort 200 32 -
The Palms Estates WTP 200 45 -
Lupita Grocery 200 0 -
Alpine Mobile Home Park 200 3 -
Highlands Hammock St Pk WTP #1 181 10 -
Braswell's Heritage Estates 150 10 -
Orange Blossom Fellowship 150 25 -
Meadowlake Subdivision 146 11 -
Deeann Lakefront Estates 130 12 -
Lakeside Village-Ap 128 18 -
Blu Streak (Lorida General Store) 117 12 -
Mossy Cove Fishing Club 100 53 -
Archbold Biological Station 100 3 -
Highlands Hammock St Pk WTP #2 100 9 -
Happy Chef Diner 100 7 -
Country Walk Utilities, Inc. 95 67 -
Mallard Mobile Home Park 94 21 -
Costa del Ray 90 96 -
Lake Istokpoga Marina ; RV Park 90 8 -
Lake Grassy Homesites 70 9 -
Oak Shore 66 9 -
Cypress Isle R.V. Park 60 35 -
Lake Letta RV Park 60 187 -
Lykes Bros. Inc.- Lake Placid 55 11 -

Compare beyond Florida

Mid-flagged peers for Highlands County

Cross-state counties nearest Highlands County on flagged-system share (95.8%) and cumulative violation count (2,009). 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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