How many water violations are in Sumter County?

Sumter County has 1,728 total drinking water violations across 82 water systems, of which 305 are health-based violations. 89.0% of systems have at least one violation.

How many people get water from Sumter County systems?

Water systems in Sumter County serve approximately 165,596 people through 82 public water systems.

Has PFAS been detected in Sumter County water?

Under EPA UCMR5, 6 of 8 tested systems in Sumter County had at least one PFAS detection (75.0% of the UCMR5-tested subset - not of all 82 SDWIS systems).

What types of water sources supply Sumter County?

Water systems in Sumter County use GW (82 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. 17.7% of Sumter County's violations are health-based. Among counties with any SDWIS violations, this extract puts Sumter County in the middle health-based share band. Not all violations indicate immediate health risk, but they require corrective action.

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Sumter County ranks #389 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #32 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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Sumter County, Florida

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SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet FL119 · Sumter County 82 sys · 1,728 viol · #389/3254

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

VIOL-SEVERE 89.0% flagged
HEALTH-LOW 17.7% health
RANK-TOP #389/3254
PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
PFAS-HIGH 75.0% detect
SRC-GW GW lead 100%
SYS-MID 82 systems
BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Sumter County ranks #389 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #32 of 67 counties in Florida. See methodology · corpus placement.

Sumter County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 89.0% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 17.7% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 75.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #389 of 3,254 · #32 of 67 in Florida.

Water Systems

System Name	Population	Violations	PFAS
North Sumter Utility 3Wps	45,214	6	Detected
Wildwood, City of (7 Wps)	25,941	64	Detected
Little Sumter Utilities 3Wps	25,538	4	Detected
South Sumter Utilities	24,278	0	Clean
Csu WTP No. 1	19,699	0	Clean
Lake Panasoffkee Water Assn 2Wps	4,642	35	Detected
Village of Pine Ridge (Consec)	3,914	0	Detected
Bushnell, City of (2 Wps)	3,047	51	-
Sumter Correctional Institution	2,008	80	-
Middleton Utilities	1,554	1	-
Gibson Place Utilities	1,287	0	-
Oakland Hills	1,050	83	Detected
Coleman, City Of	824	71	-
Webster, City of (2 Wps)	800	34	-
Center Hill Water Dept-City Of	762	14	-
Sumterville Water Treatment Plant	500	99	-
Florida Grande Motor Coach Resort	490	58	-
Orange Blossom Utilities, Inc	335	4	-
Shady Brook R.V. Resort	298	6	-
New Life Center Ministries	250	7	-
The Woods Utility Company	216	60	-
Lake Pan RV Village (KOA/Turtleback RV)	200	86	-
Webster RV Resort, LLC.	155	29	-
Thousand Palms Resort	152	19	-
Riverside RV Park	150	20	-
Rails End Tr Pk	150	55	-
Bw Center Properties, LLC	125	6	-
Jumper Creek Utility Company	115	4	-
Hardee's/Amoco	100	7	-
Eagle Roofing Products of Florida, LLC.	100	9	-
Suwannee American Cement Company, LLC	100	12	-
Florilow Oaks	96	18	-
Oak Tree Circle Park LLC	70	71	-
Isleworth	60	30	-
Breezy Oaks RV Park	60	26	-
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc	50	20	-
Great Southern Wood Preserving, Inc	50	12	-
Pines Professional Mgt Center	50	18	-
First Baptist Church of Oxford	50	10	-
First Assembly of God	50	3	-
Florida National Cemetery	40	30	-
Sunshine Village MHP	26	9	-
Nobleton Dollar General	25	6	-
Whispering Oaks Winery	25	6	-
Dollar General Wildwood	25	0	-
Dollar General Bushnell	25	6	-
FL Nat'l Cemetery Satellite Restrooms	25	0	-
Greenview Properties	25	2	-
Battle Creek Trailer Park	25	12	-
Camp Wildwood Girl Scout Camp	25	26	-

Compare beyond Florida

Lower-flagged peers for Sumter County

Cross-state counties nearest Sumter County on flagged-system share (89.0%) and cumulative violation count (1,728). 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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