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Hillsborough County, Florida

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet FL057 · Hillsborough County 724 sys · 27,775 viol · #23/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 87.8% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 7.7% health
  • RANK-TOP #23/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.2 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 83.3% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 96%
  • SYS-LARGE 724 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Levy County (+ 0.2 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Hillsborough County ranks #23 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #3 of 67 counties in Florida. See methodology · corpus placement.

Hillsborough County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 87.8% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 7.7% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 83.3% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #23 of 3,254 · #3 of 67 in Florida.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Hillsborough County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Dixie · lowest Hillsborough · this county Putnam · near Monroe · highest 66.7% 87.5% 87.8% 88.1% 88.5% 88.6% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
City of Tampa Water Department 733,886 34 Detected
Hcwrd/South-Central 473,500 65 Detected
Hcwrc/Northwest Utilities 208,982 54 Detected
University of South Florida 47,586 106 Detected
City of Plant City Utility 41,601 77 Clean
City of Temple Terrace Utility 31,250 45 Detected
Hcwrd/Seaboard Utilities 13,958 21 Detected
Fgua / Macdill 11,965 20 Detected
Hcwrc/Pebble Creek Subdivision 4,757 57 Detected
St. Joseph's Hospital 4,454 4 -
Hcs/Strawberry Crest High/Bailey Elem 3,365 33 Detected
Windemere Utility 3,080 33 -
Celm/Edward Medard Park 2,500 7 -
Paradise Village 2,396 99 -
Meadows of Countrywood 2,395 137 -
Hcwrd/Eastlake 2,074 33 -
Hcprd/William Owen Pass Park 2,000 0 -
McDonald's #4514 1,700 0 -
Riverside Golf Course Community LLC 1,530 88 -
Alafia River State Park-Picnic Area 1,500 37 -
Cypress Cay Preserve Master Association 1,500 0 -
Hcs/Durant High School 1,414 118 -
Ayla Apartments 1,344 58 -
Casa Verde Manufactured Home Community 1,250 42 -
Celm/Lithia Springs 1,200 2 -
Cross Creek Ranch 1,200 0 -
Hcs/Turkey Creek Middle School/Ffa 1,092 32 -
Featherock MHP 1,044 45 -
Hillsborough River State Park 1,001 45 -
Fishhawk Ridge Association Inc 1,001 12 -
Brandon Pointe Community 1,001 18 -
Raprager Family Farm 1,001 10 -
South Shore Falls South Master Meter #1 995 19 -
Independence Academy 928 0 -
Circle K #9796 911 9 -
Hcs/Dover Elementary School 862 13 -
Lutz Preparatory School 854 0 -
Hcs/Pinecrest Elementary 850 17 -
Hcs/Cork Elementary School 825 25 -
Hcwrd/Hershel Heights 812 110 -
Hcprd/Pinecrest Football Field 800 2 -
Celm/Aldermans Ford Park 800 1 -
Hcs/Knights Elementary School 759 18 -
Burger King # 9871 700 16 -
Racetrac #698 700 4 -
Jay Mar Villas 696 88 -
River Vista RV Village 684 49 -
Silver Dollar Golf Club 660 100 -
Learning Gate Community School 651 11 -
Hcs/Maniscalco Elementary 650 13 Clean

Compare beyond Florida

Lower-flagged peers for Hillsborough County

Cross-state counties nearest Hillsborough County on flagged-system share (87.8%) and cumulative violation count (27,775). 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
Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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