Community Water System · PWS FL6140451
Desoto Correctional Inst
Operator location Arcadia, Florida - 32% of 65 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 3,134 served per SDWIS.
- 3,134
- People served (this PWS)
- 65
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 21
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Desoto Correctional Inst standing, mid SDWIS violation third
32% of 65 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 32% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #10,307 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Desoto Correctional Inst lands in the middle third by violation volume (65), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is mid-pack at 3,134 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 32% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #10,307 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #402 of 905
- Population · FL
- 65
- Total EPA violations on record
- 32%
- 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
- State
- Connections
- 104
- County
- DeSoto
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 21
- Monitoring Violations
- 26
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM | MCL | 8 | 2022 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MCL | 8 | 2025 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 7 | 2014 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 6 | 2021 |
| E. COLI | MR | 4 | 2024 |
| TTHM | MR | 3 | 2020 |
| Combined Radium (-226 and -228) | MCL | 3 | 2022 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 3 | 1984 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 2 | 1995 |
| Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule | MR | 2 | 2008 |
| Nitrate | MR | 1 | 2023 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 1 | 2025 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Desoto Correctional Inst has 65 recorded EPA violations, 63% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 36% carry more. 32% of this system's own violations are health-based (21 of 65), and it ranks #10,307 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)
65 Around the middle fewer violations than 36% 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 Desoto Correctional Inst
21 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for FL6140451.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Drinking Water Program
Nationwide peers
65 violations · 3,134 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 Desoto Correctional Inst
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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