Community Water System · PWS FL4500466
Lake Clarke Shores
Operator location Lake Clarke Shores, Florida - 35% of 26 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 2,468 served per SDWIS.
- 2,468
- People served (this PWS)
- 26
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 9
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Lake Clarke Shores standing, mid SDWIS violation third
35% of 26 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 35% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #12,068 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Lake Clarke Shores lands in the middle third by violation volume (26), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is mid-pack at 2,468 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 35% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #12,068 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #454 of 905
- Population · FL
- 26
- Total EPA violations on record
- 35%
- 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
- 730
- County
- Palm Beach
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 9
- Monitoring Violations
- 14
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 7 | 2003 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 6 | 2013 |
| Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule | MR | 4 | 2010 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 3 | 2024 |
| TTHM | MCL | 2 | 2023 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MCL | 1 | 2022 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Lake Clarke Shores has 26 recorded EPA violations, 38% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 61% carry more. 35% of this system's own violations are health-based (9 of 26), and it ranks #12,068 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)
26 Lower than most fewer violations than 61% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Health-based violations on Lake Clarke Shores
9 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for FL4500466.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Drinking Water Program
Nationwide peers
26 violations · 2,468 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.
Cross-state systems near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Lake Clarke Shores
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.