How many water violations are in Palm Beach County?

Palm Beach County has 3,569 total drinking water violations across 71 water systems, of which 845 are health-based violations. 97.2% of systems have at least one violation.

How many people get water from Palm Beach County systems?

Water systems in Palm Beach County serve approximately 1,538,245 people through 71 public water systems.

Has PFAS been detected in Palm Beach County water?

Under EPA UCMR5, 12 of 18 tested systems in Palm Beach County had at least one PFAS detection (66.7% of the UCMR5-tested subset - not of all 71 SDWIS systems).

What types of water sources supply Palm Beach County?

Water systems in Palm Beach County use GW (68 systems), SW (3 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. 23.7% of Palm Beach County's violations are health-based. Among counties with any SDWIS violations, this extract puts Palm Beach County in the middle health-based share band. Not all violations indicate immediate health risk, but they require corrective action.

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Palm Beach County ranks #31 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #5 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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Palm Beach County, Florida

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SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet FL099 · Palm Beach County 71 sys · 3,569 viol · #31/3254

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

VIOL-SEVERE 97.2% flagged
HEALTH-MID 23.7% health
RANK-TOP #31/3254
PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
PFAS-HIGH 66.7% detect
SRC-GW GW lead 96%
SYS-MID 71 systems
BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Palm Beach County ranks #31 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #5 of 67 counties in Florida. See methodology · corpus placement.

Palm Beach County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 97.2% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 23.7% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 66.7% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #31 of 3,254 · #5 of 67 in Florida.

Water Systems

System Name	Population	Violations	PFAS
Palm Beach County Water Utilities	618,746	37	Detected
West Palm Beach WTP	132,000	140	Detected
Boca Raton WTP	130,000	58	Detected
Boynton Beach PWS	112,000	46	Detected
Seacoast Utilities Authority	97,552	69	Clean
Jupiter Public Water System,town Of	94,929	14	Clean
Delray Beach Public Water System	69,754	34	Detected
Wellington WTP	56,475	19	Clean
Lake Worth Beach Utilities	48,000	12	Detected
Riviera Beach Utility District, City Of	46,762	565	Detected
Palm Springs, Village Of	32,467	28	Detected
Pbcwud - Lake Region WTP - System 11	31,734	71	Clean
Tequesta PWS, Village Of	15,500	44	Detected
Lantana Water Treatment Plant	11,558	49	Detected
Seminole Improvement District	4,993	370	Detected
Highland Beach Water Plant	4,277	14	Clean
Village of Golf	3,505	61	Clean
Seminole Manor Subdivision	3,255	10	-
Atlantis, City Of	3,000	12	Detected
Lake Clarke Shores	2,468	26	-
Mangonia Park, Town Of	2,410	59	-
Seacoast West	1,975	2	-
Palm Beach Park of Commerce	1,892	143	-
Hypoluxo Village	1,645	9	-
Maralago Cay MHP	1,200	58	-
Gulfstream, Town Of	1,001	11	-
Palm Lake Estates South	890	70	-
Sugar Cane Growers Coop of Florida	850	22	-
Jupiter Farms Community Elementary Schoo	825	384	-
Whispering Pines MHP	760	17	-
Okeelanta Sugar Mill	620	2	-
Palm Lake Estates North	480	80	-
Manalapan WTP (Leroy C.paslay)	425	32	-
Beacon Baptist Tabernacle	350	4	-
Jupiter Seventh Day Adventist Church	302	6	-
Osceola/Vermillon Sugar Mill	300	9	-
First Baptist Church of Wpb FL Inc.	299	7	-
Iglesia de Adoracion Familiar	275	18	-
Jupiter Motor Coach RV Resort	250	0	-
Everglades Youth Camp	240	19	-
Pelican Lake Water Plant	222	46	-
Faith Farms Ministries	175	288	-
Pine Grove Village	175	88	-
Gold Coast Christian Camp	152	6	-
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge	150	13	-
West Jupiter Camp Resort RV	140	13	-
All Star Kids Early Learn.ctr.	133	4	-
Abc Montessori of Jupiter Farms	105	11	-
A. Duda ; Sons,inc(m.howeller)	100	92	-
Wpb Shooting Sports Park WTP	94	0	-

Compare beyond Florida

Mid-flagged peers for Palm Beach County

Cross-state counties nearest Palm Beach County on flagged-system share (97.2%) and cumulative violation count (3,569). 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).

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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

Compiled by PlainWater, Drinking Water Quality Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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