Community Water System · PWS FL1324074
Jackson Correctional Institution
Operator location Tallahassee, Florida - 38% of 13 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 1,307 served per SDWIS.
- 1,307
- People served (this PWS)
- 13
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 5
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Jackson Correctional Institution standing, low SDWIS violation third
38% of 13 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 38% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #17,076 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Jackson Correctional Institution is in the lower third by violation count (13; 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 mid-pack at 1,307 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 38% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #17,076 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #585 of 905
- Population · FL
- 13
- Total EPA violations on record
- 38%
- 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
- State
- Connections
- 55
- County
- Jackson
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 4
- Monitoring Violations
- 6
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 1
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 6 | 1992 |
| Nitrate | MCL | 4 | 2023 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | TT | 1 | 1994 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Jackson Correctional Institution has 13 recorded EPA violations, 22% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 76% carry more. 38% of this system's own violations are health-based (5 of 13), and it ranks #17,076 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)
13 Among the lowest violation counts fewer violations than 76% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Health-based violations on Jackson Correctional Institution
5 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for FL1324074.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Drinking Water Program
Nationwide peers
13 violations · 1,307 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 near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Jackson Correctional Institution
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