Community Water System · PWS FL3351333
Tavares Water Department (4 Wps)
Operator location Tavares, Florida - larger served population (> 3,309) at 22,007 people served; 103 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 22,007
- People served (this PWS)
- 103
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 16
- Health-based (this PWS)
- No PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Tavares Water Department (4 Wps) standing, high SDWIS violation third
22,007 people served (SDWIS) - larger served population (> 3,309). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 16% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #2,502 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Tavares Water Department (4 Wps) sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (103), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (22,007; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 16% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.
- #2,502 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #178 of 905
- Population · FL
- 103
- Total EPA violations on record
- 16%
- 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
- 9,768
- County
- Lake
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 16
- Monitoring Violations
- 31
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 16 | 2015 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 7 | 2012 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 5 | 2022 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 5 | 2001 |
| TTHM | MR | 5 | 2022 |
| E. COLI | MR | 3 | 2019 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 3 | 2025 |
| Nitrate | MR | 3 | 2019 |
| Fluoride | MR | 1 | 1984 |
| Mercury | MR | 1 | 1984 |
| Selenium | MR | 1 | 1984 |
| Chromium | MR | 1 | 1984 |
| Arsenic | MR | 1 | 1984 |
| Barium | MR | 1 | 1984 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | RPT | 1 | 2016 |
| Cadmium | MR | 1 | 1984 |
| Public Notice | Other | 1 | 2015 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Tavares Water Department (4 Wps) has 103 recorded EPA violations, 74% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 26% carry more. 16% of this system's own violations are health-based (16 of 103), and it ranks #2,502 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)
103 Around the middle fewer violations than 26% 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 232 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 7/11/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 7/11/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 7/11/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 7/11/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 7/11/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 7/11/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 7/11/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 7/11/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 7/11/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 7/11/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 7/11/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 7/11/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 7/11/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 7/11/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 7/11/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 7/11/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 7/11/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 7/11/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 7/11/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 7/11/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 7/11/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 7/11/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 7/11/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 7/11/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 7/11/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 7/11/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 7/11/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 7/11/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 7/11/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 7/11/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 7/11/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 7/11/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 7/11/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 7/11/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 7/11/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 7/11/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 7/11/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 7/11/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 7/11/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 7/11/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 7/11/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 7/11/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 7/11/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 7/11/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 7/11/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 7/11/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 7/11/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 7/11/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 7/11/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 7/11/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Population served record for Tavares Water Department (4 Wps)
EPA SDWIS lists 22,007 people served and 9,768 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
103 violations · 22,007 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems with comparable violation load
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems with similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Tavares Water Department
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