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Community Water System · PWS FL6252022

Bowling Green, City Of

Operator location Bowling Green, Florida - 15% of 61 violations are health-based (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)); groundwater source; 2,940 served per SDWIS.

2,940
People served (this PWS)
61
EPA violations (this PWS)
9
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Bowling Green, City Of standing, mid SDWIS violation third

15% of 61 recorded violations are health-based - middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 15% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #10,820 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Bowling Green, City Of lands in the middle third by violation volume (61), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is mid-pack at 2,940 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 15% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#10,820 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#420 of 905
Population · FL
61
Total EPA violations on record
15%
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
Local
Connections
830
County
Hardee
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
9
Monitoring Violations
33
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U MCL 8 1986
Nitrate MR 5 2011
Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule MR 2 2010
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 2 2013
TTHM MR 2 2013
E. COLI MR 2 2025
Coliform (TCR) MR 2 2002
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 2 2025
Barium MR 2 1985
Mercury MR 2 1985
Fluoride MR 2 1985
Cadmium MR 2 1985
Chromium MR 2 1985
Asbestos MR 2 2011
Arsenic MR 2 1985
Selenium MR 2 1985
Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 1 2025
Coliform (TCR) MCL 1 2002
Lead and Copper Rule MR 1 2022

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Bowling Green, City Of has 61 recorded EPA violations, 62% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 38% carry more. 15% of this system's own violations are health-based (9 of 61), and it ranks #10,820 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)

61 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

Health-based violations on Bowling Green, City Of

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 FL6252022.

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

Nationwide peers

61 violations · 2,940 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 near this population served

Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).

4 peers

What to do with Bowling Green, 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
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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