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Community Water System · PWS FL4131558

West Miami, City Of

Operator location West Miami, Florida - UCMR5 detected 7 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)) on this PWS; SDWIS lists 60 violations and 8,500 people served.

8,500
People served (this PWS)
60
EPA violations (this PWS)
3
Health-based (this PWS)
7 PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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West Miami, City Of standing, mid SDWIS violation third

UCMR5 detected 7 PFAS compounds - upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 5% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Population rank #5,355 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

West Miami, City Of lands in the middle third by violation volume (60), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (8,500; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 5% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 detected 7 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)).

#5,355 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#267 of 905
Population · FL
60
Total EPA violations on record
5%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

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

PFAS Detected

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

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Local
Connections
2,000
County
Miami-Dade
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
3
Monitoring Violations
52
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
TTHM MR 17 2025
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 17 2025
Lead and Copper Rule MR 11 2021
Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 4 2023
Coliform (TCR) MCL 3 2002
Coliform (TCR) MR 3 2004
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 2 2024

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

West Miami, City Of has 60 recorded EPA violations, 61% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 38% carry more. 5% of this system's own violations are health-based (3 of 60), and it ranks #5,355 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)

60 Around the middle fewer violations than 38% 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. 14 of 58 samples detected PFAS.

Contaminant Date Result MRL Status
PFHxS 4/1/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 4/1/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 4/1/2025 11.30 ppt 5.00 ppt Detected
6:2 FTS 4/1/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 4/1/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 4/1/2025 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 4/1/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 4/1/2025 11.60 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
PFOA 4/1/2025 4.70 ppt 4.00 ppt Detected
PFHpA 4/1/2025 3.80 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
PFBS 4/1/2025 4.50 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
PFTrDA 4/1/2025 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 4/1/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 4/1/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 4/1/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 4/1/2025 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 4/1/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 4/1/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 4/1/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 4/1/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 4/1/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 4/1/2025 12.30 ppt 4.00 ppt Detected
PFHxA 4/1/2025 7.20 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
PFUnA 4/1/2025 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 4/1/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 4/1/2025 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 4/1/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 4/1/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 4/1/2025 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 10/28/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 10/28/2025 3.60 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
PFOA 10/28/2025 4.30 ppt 4.00 ppt Detected
PFBS 10/28/2025 4.40 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
ADONA 10/28/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 10/28/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 10/28/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 10/28/2025 12.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Detected
PFDA 10/28/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 10/28/2025 7.70 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
PFUnA 10/28/2025 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 10/28/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 10/28/2025 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 10/28/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 10/28/2025 11.60 ppt 5.00 ppt Detected
6:2 FTS 10/28/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 10/28/2025 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 10/28/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 10/28/2025 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 10/28/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 10/28/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected

UCMR5 PFAS record for West Miami, City Of

Open EPA SDWIS federal reports for PWS FL4131558 to cross-check UCMR5 detections and violation codes; state primacy agencies enforce the Safe Drinking Water Act locally.

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

Nationwide peers

60 violations · 8,500 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

Cross-state systems near this violation count

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 West Miami, 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
  • Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
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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