How many water violations are in Putnam County?

Putnam County has 6,247 total drinking water violations across 113 water systems, of which 676 are health-based violations. 88.5% of systems have at least one violation.

How many people get water from Putnam County systems?

Water systems in Putnam County serve approximately 33,216 people through 113 public water systems.

Has PFAS been detected in Putnam County water?

Under EPA UCMR5, 0 of 3 tested systems in Putnam County had at least one PFAS detection (0.0% of the UCMR5-tested subset - not of all 113 SDWIS systems).

What types of water sources supply Putnam County?

Water systems in Putnam County use GW (113 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. 10.8% of Putnam County's violations are health-based. Among counties with any SDWIS violations, this extract puts Putnam County in the middle health-based share band. Not all violations indicate immediate health risk, but they require corrective action.

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Putnam County ranks #1,276 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #41 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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Putnam County, Florida

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SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet FL107 · Putnam County 113 sys · 6,247 viol · #1276/3254

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

VIOL-SEVERE 88.5% flagged
HEALTH-LOW 10.8% health
RANK-UPPER #1276/3254
PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
SRC-GW GW lead 100%
SYS-MID 113 systems
BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Okaloosa County (+ 0.1 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Putnam County ranks #1,276 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #41 of 67 counties in Florida. See methodology · corpus placement.

Putnam County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 88.5% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 10.8% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #1,276 of 3,254 · #41 of 67 in Florida.

Water Systems

System Name	Population	Violations	PFAS
R. C. Willis WTP (City of Palatka)	11,900	268	Clean
Town of Welaka	2,421	54	-
Crescent City WTP	1,900	109	-
East Putnam Regional	1,500	222	-
Melrose WTP	1,300	27	-
Georgia Pacific Paper Mill	1,001	75	-
Rpuma	1,000	235	-
Interlachen WS	791	26	-
Interlachen Lake Estates	717	37	-
Pomona Park Water System	672	37	-
Hermits Cove Water System	558	45	-
Q.i. Roberts JR.-SR. High School	556	38	-
Trinity Baptist Church	475	46	-
Lake Como Water Association	450	27	-
Ochwilla Elementary School	449	12	-
Rivergrove Subdivison	375	49	-
St. John's Harbor	325	189	Clean
Palm Port Subdivision	318	59	-
Welaka MHP	318	30	-
Camp Shands Scout Reservation	300	100	-
Christ Ind. Methodist Church	275	39	-
Peniel Baptist Church ; Academy	270	213	-
Seminole Electric Cooperative, Inc.	250	32	-
Grassy Lakes WTP	240	17	-
Beecher's Point S/D	189	50	-
St. John's River Club Utilities	170	89	-
Idle Awhile River Resort	150	14	-
Certainteed Gypsum	140	34	-
Camp Kateri - Gateway Girl Scout Council	125	7	-
Calvary Baptist Church	120	91	-
Living Hope Family Worship Center	115	78	-
San Mateo Estates	112	79	-
Saratoga Harbor	111	45	-
Circle K #2006 - Hawthorne	100	5	-
McKinley's Bardin Grocery	100	20	-
Oaks Golf ; Country Club	100	9	-
Abundant Life Ministries	100	79	-
Church of Lds - Crescent City	100	1	-
A K Food Store	100	0	-
Hog Waller MUD Bog	100	0	-
Bass Capital MHP	99	115	-
River Villas	95	160	-
Silver Lake Oaks MHP	94	74	-
Crescent Hills Subdivision	88	421	-
Wooten's MHP	87	76	-
Mount Royal Common Property	86	38	-
Crescent City Cong of Jehovah's	84	53	-
Cherry Blossom Resort LLC	82	13	-
Edgar Minerals, Inc.	80	118	-
Lunker Lodge	77	46	-

Compare beyond Florida

Lower-flagged peers for Putnam County

Cross-state counties nearest Putnam County on flagged-system share (88.5%) and cumulative violation count (6,247). 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.

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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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