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Community Water System · PWS FL3590186

Chuluota Water System

Operator location Longwood, Florida - 66% of 125 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 3,863 served per SDWIS.

3,863
People served (this PWS)
125
EPA violations (this PWS)
83
Health-based (this PWS)
No PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS)
Follow published updates (RSS)

Chuluota Water System standing, high SDWIS violation third

66% of 125 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 66% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #9,068 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Chuluota Water System sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (125), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (3,863; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 66% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.

#9,068 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#366 of 905
Population · FL
125
Total EPA violations on record
66%
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
Public/Private
Connections
1,410
County
Seminole
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
83
Monitoring Violations
23
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
TTHM MCL 66 2020
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U MCL 10 1992
Coliform (TCR) MR 9 2000
Coliform (TCR) MCL 7 2012
Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule MR 4 2010
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 1 2017
TTHM MR 1 2017
Selenium MR 1 1985
Nitrate MR 1 1985
Cadmium MR 1 1985
Barium MR 1 1985
Arsenic MR 1 1985
Mercury MR 1 1985
Fluoride MR 1 1985
Chromium MR 1 1985

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Chuluota Water System has 125 recorded EPA violations, 78% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 22% carry more. 66% of this system's own violations are health-based (83 of 125), and it ranks #9,068 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)

125 Higher than most more violations than 78% 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. 0 of 58 samples detected PFAS.

Contaminant Date Result MRL Status
NFDHA 7/26/2023 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 7/26/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 7/26/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 7/26/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 7/26/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 7/26/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 7/26/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 7/26/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 7/26/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 7/26/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 7/26/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 7/26/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 7/26/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 7/26/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 7/26/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 7/26/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 7/26/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 7/26/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 7/26/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 7/26/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 7/26/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 7/26/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 7/26/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 7/26/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 7/26/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 5/2/2023 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 5/2/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 5/2/2023 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 5/2/2023 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 11/7/2023 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 11/7/2023 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 11/7/2023 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 11/7/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 11/7/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 11/7/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 11/7/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 11/7/2023 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 11/7/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 11/7/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 11/7/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 11/7/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 11/7/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 11/7/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 11/7/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 11/7/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 11/7/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 11/7/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 11/7/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 11/7/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 11/7/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected

Health-based violations on Chuluota Water System

83 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for FL3590186.

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

Nationwide peers

125 violations · 3,863 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.

4 peers

Cross-state systems with similar served population

Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).

4 peers

What to do with Chuluota Water System

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