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Manatee County, Florida

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet FL081 · Manatee County 52 sys · 781 viol · #161/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 92.3% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 6.7% health
  • RANK-TOP #161/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.3 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 50.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 87%
  • SYS-MID 52 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Nassau County (+ 0.3 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Manatee County ranks #161 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #14 of 67 counties in Florida. See methodology · corpus placement.

Manatee County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 92.3% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 6.7% 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 #161 of 3,254 · #14 of 67 in Florida.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Manatee County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Dixie · lowest Manatee · this county Columbia · near Monroe · highest 66.7% 91.9% 92.3% 92.6% 92.8% 92.9% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Manatee County Utilities Dept 347,800 18 Clean
Bradenton City Of 58,584 18 Detected
City of Palmetto Water Dept. 13,446 37 Clean
Town of Longboat Key 7,098 28 Detected
Freedom Factory North Well 1,500 0 -
Heather Hills Estates 700 35 -
Bradenton Motor Sports 500 3 -
Sunny Shore Water Company 450 32 -
Myakka Elementary School 450 11 -
Harbour Isles Master Association 395 15 -
Myakka River St Pk-Clay Gulley 350 6 -
Falkner Farms #3 (Southeast) 329 5 -
Dry Prairie Baptist Church 250 9 -
Duette Country Store 200 4 -
House of Fellowship of Believers Church 193 72 -
Whisenant Farms 192 25 -
East Coast Migrant Head Start 190 4 -
Manatee County Gun ; Archery Club 150 38 -
Six L's Farm Op 15 Camp 3 Site 1 150 3 -
Six L's Farm Op 15 Farm 3 Site 2 140 3 -
Mosaic, Wingate Creek Mine 135 3 -
Falkner Farms - Site # 1 (Fka Northside) 105 6 -
Falkner Farms #2 (Westside) 105 4 -
Florida Power ; Light-Manatee Plant 101 10 -
Myakka City Grocery 100 18 -
La Placita Mexicana 100 15 -
Pier Associates S. Skyway Fishing Pier 100 80 -
Dakin Commercial Building 100 0 -
Hunsader Farms 100 29 -
Increasing Joy Ministries 99 8 -
Six L's Farm Op 15 Farm 3 Site 4 90 23 -
Six L's Farm Op 15 Farm 3 Site 3 90 7 -
Falkner Farms Site #6 90 2 -
Myakka City United Methodist Church 80 31 -
Southeastern Industrial Fabricators, LLC 80 8 -
Lake Manatee Fish Camp 75 1 -
Silver Star East Convenient 50 12 -
Camp Flying Eagle 50 6 -
Silver Star East (Fka.suzy Q's) 50 3 -
Myakka Historical Park 50 43 -
Bunker Hill/ Duette Park 50 11 -
Myakka Church of God 40 0 -
Gamble Creek Organic Farm 36 3 -
Classie Pines 30 0 -
Myakka Learning Center 30 3 -
Parrish Family Pizzeria (Fka Joey's) 25 19 -
Parrish Migrant Facility 25 21 -
Duette Elementary School 25 7 -
Bradenton Ventures, LLC (Dollar General) 25 19 -
Myakka Dollar General 25 6 -

Compare beyond Florida

Lower-flagged peers for Manatee County

Cross-state counties nearest Manatee County on flagged-system share (92.3%) and cumulative violation count (781). 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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