Community Water System · PWS FL4501229
Riviera Beach Utility District, City Of
Operator location Riviera Beach, Florida - UCMR5 detected 7 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)) on this PWS; SDWIS lists 565 violations and 46,762 people served.
- 46,762
- People served (this PWS)
- 565
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 63
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 7 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Riviera Beach Utility District, City Of standing, high 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 11% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Population rank #1,178 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Riviera Beach Utility District, City Of sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (565), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (46,762; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 11% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 detected 7 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)).
- #1,178 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #104 of 905
- Population · FL
- 565
- Total EPA violations on record
- 11%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
7 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 13,562
- County
- Palm Beach
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 63
- Monitoring Violations
- 468
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| E. COLI | MR | 332 | 2024 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 49 | 2016 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 45 | 2014 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 41 | 2024 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | RPT | 15 | 2023 |
| TTHM | MR | 13 | 2024 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 13 | 2024 |
| Nitrate | MR | 10 | 2018 |
| TTHM | MCL | 10 | 2018 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 7 | 2016 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 7 | 2018 |
| Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule | MR | 7 | 2007 |
| Public Notice | Other | 7 | 2023 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MCL | 2 | 2018 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MCL | 2 | 2023 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Riviera Beach Utility District, City Of has 565 recorded EPA violations, 96% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 4% carry more. 11% of this system's own violations are health-based (63 of 565), and it ranks #1,178 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)
565 Higher than most more violations than 96% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEtFOSAA | 9/11/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 9/11/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 9/11/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 9/11/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 3/17/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 3/17/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 3/17/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 3/17/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 3/17/2025 | 5.80 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFUnA | 3/17/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 3/17/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 3/17/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 3/17/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 3/17/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 3/17/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 3/17/2025 | 13.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 3/17/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 3/17/2025 | 3.80 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFMBA | 3/17/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 3/17/2025 | 6.90 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 3/17/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 3/17/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 3/17/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 3/17/2025 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 3/17/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 3/17/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 3/17/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 3/17/2025 | 23.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFHpA | 3/17/2025 | 4.20 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFHxS | 3/17/2025 | 6.90 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 3/17/2025 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 3/17/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 3/17/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 11/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 11/6/2024 | 7.20 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFUnA | 11/6/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 11/6/2024 | 5.70 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFDoA | 11/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 11/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 11/6/2024 | 14.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 11/6/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 11/6/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 11/6/2024 | 4.10 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFBS | 11/6/2024 | 3.10 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFMPA | 11/6/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 11/6/2024 | 31.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFEESA | 11/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 11/6/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 11/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 11/6/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
UCMR5 PFAS record for Riviera Beach Utility District, City Of
Open EPA SDWIS federal reports for PWS FL4501229 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
565 violations · 46,762 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).
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