Community Water System · PWS FL1320143
Cottondale Water System
Operator location Cottondale, Florida - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 861 people served; 21 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 861
- People served (this PWS)
- 21
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 2
- Health-based (this PWS)
- No PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Cottondale Water System standing, low SDWIS violation third
861 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 10% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #21,618 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Cottondale Water System is in the lower third by violation count (21; lower-third violation load (≤ 21 violations)). A low count does not mean the system is unmonitored - monitoring and reporting violations still appear in SDWIS. Population served is smaller (861; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 10% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.
- #21,618 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #703 of 905
- Population · FL
- 21
- Total EPA violations on record
- 10%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 517
- County
- Jackson
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 2
- Monitoring Violations
- 7
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 2 | 2007 |
| E. COLI | MR | 2 | 2018 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 2 | 2018 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 1 | 2015 |
| Nitrate | MR | 1 | 2018 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 1 | 1993 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Cottondale Water System has 21 recorded EPA violations, 33% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 66% carry more. 10% of this system's own violations are health-based (2 of 21), and it ranks #21,618 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
21 Lower than most fewer violations than 66% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)
Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 0 of 58 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NMeFOSAA | 6/4/2025 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 6/4/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 6/4/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 6/4/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 6/4/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 6/4/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 6/4/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 6/4/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 6/4/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 6/4/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 6/4/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 6/4/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 6/4/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 6/4/2025 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 6/4/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 6/4/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 6/4/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 6/4/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 6/4/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 6/4/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 6/4/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 6/4/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 6/4/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 6/4/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 6/4/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 6/4/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 6/4/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 6/4/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 6/4/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 6/4/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 6/4/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 6/4/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 6/4/2025 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 6/4/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 6/4/2025 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 6/4/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 6/4/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 6/4/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 6/4/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 6/4/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 6/4/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 6/4/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 6/4/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 6/4/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 6/4/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 6/4/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 6/4/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 6/4/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 6/4/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 6/4/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Population served record for Cottondale Water System
EPA SDWIS lists 861 people served and 517 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Drinking Water Program
Nationwide peers
21 violations · 861 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems with similarly light violation ledgers
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems with smaller service footprints
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Cottondale Water System
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