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Community Water System · PWS FL3051447

Melbourne, City Of

Operator location Melbourne, Florida - 0% of 50 violations are health-based (lower-third health share (≤ 1%)); surface water source; 167,753 served per SDWIS.

167,753
People served (this PWS)
50
EPA violations (this PWS)
0
Health-based (this PWS)
3 PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Melbourne, City Of standing, mid SDWIS violation third

0% of 50 recorded violations are health-based - lower-third health share (≤ 1%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 0% is lower-third health share (≤ 1%). UCMR5: middle-third PFAS panel (≤ 4 compounds). Population rank #263 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Melbourne, City Of lands in the middle third by violation volume (50), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (167,753; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is only 0% - almost all of this trail is monitoring or reporting. UCMR5 detected 3 PFAS compounds (middle-third PFAS panel (≤ 4 compounds)).

#263 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#29 of 905
Population · FL
50
Total EPA violations on record
0%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.

PFAS Detected

3 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Local
Connections
60,269
County
Brevard
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
0
Monitoring Violations
33
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U MR 8 1988
Coliform (TCR) MR 4 1999
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 3 2023
TTHM MR 3 2023
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 1 2003
2,4-D MR 1 1986
Methoxychlor MR 1 1986
Arsenic MR 1 1986
Toxaphene MR 1 1986
Mercury MR 1 1986
Nitrate MR 1 1986
Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 1 2025
Fluoride MR 1 1986
Endrin MR 1 1986
Barium MR 1 1986
Cadmium MR 1 1986
Chromium MR 1 1986
Selenium MR 1 1986
BHC-GAMMA MR 1 1986
2,4,5-TP MR 1 1986

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Melbourne, City Of has 50 recorded EPA violations, 56% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 43% carry more. 0% of this system's own violations are health-based (0 of 50), and it ranks #263 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)

50 Around the middle fewer violations than 43% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)

Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 7 of 116 samples detected PFAS.

Contaminant Date Result MRL Status
PFPeS 8/14/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 8/14/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 8/14/2023 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 8/14/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 8/14/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 8/14/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 8/14/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 8/14/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 8/14/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 8/14/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 8/14/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 8/14/2023 8.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 8/14/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 8/14/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 8/14/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 8/14/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 8/14/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 8/14/2023 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 8/14/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 8/14/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 8/14/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 8/14/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 8/14/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 8/14/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 8/14/2023 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 8/14/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 8/14/2023 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 8/14/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 8/14/2023 3.10 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
PFMPA 5/31/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 5/31/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 5/31/2023 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 5/31/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 5/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 5/31/2023 3.10 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
NMeFOSAA 5/31/2023 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 5/31/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 5/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 5/31/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 5/31/2023 9.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Detected
HFPO-DA 5/31/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 5/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 5/31/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 5/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 5/31/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 5/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 5/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 5/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 5/31/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 5/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected

Health-based violations on Melbourne, City Of

0 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for FL3051447.

Sources: EPA SDWIS · Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Drinking Water Program

Nationwide peers

50 violations · 167,753 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

What to do with Melbourne, City Of

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

  • See how every tracked system in Florida compares on the same EPA violation measures. Florida systems
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EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater