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Community Water System · PWS FL4060419

Fern Crest Utilities, Inc.

Operator location Davie, Florida - larger served population (> 3,309) at 3,750 people served; 138 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.

3,750
People served (this PWS)
138
EPA violations (this PWS)
25
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Fern Crest Utilities, Inc. standing, high SDWIS violation third

3,750 people served (SDWIS) - larger served population (> 3,309). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 18% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #9,231 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Fern Crest Utilities, Inc. sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (138), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (3,750; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 18% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#9,231 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#372 of 905
Population · FL
138
Total EPA violations on record
18%
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
Private
Connections
731
County
Broward
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
24
Monitoring Violations
97
Treatment Tech Violations
1

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
E. COLI MR 22 2025
Coliform (TCR) MCL 20 2014
Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 19 2025
Coliform (TCR) MR 15 2012
Lead and Copper Rule MR 13 2023
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 9 2024
TTHM MR 9 2024
Nitrate MR 6 2024
Asbestos MR 4 2023
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 3 2025
TTHM MCL 2 2006
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MCL 2 2006
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS TT 1 2025
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS RPT 1 2025

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Fern Crest Utilities, Inc. has 138 recorded EPA violations, 80% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 20% carry more. 18% of this system's own violations are health-based (25 of 138), and it ranks #9,231 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)

138 Higher than most more violations than 80% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

Population served record for Fern Crest Utilities, Inc.

EPA SDWIS lists 3,750 people served and 731 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

138 violations · 3,750 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 Fern Crest Utilities, Inc.

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