Community Water System · PWS FL6280049
Avon Park, City Of
Operator location Avon Park, Florida - larger served population (> 3,309) at 19,361 people served; 43 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 19,361
- People served (this PWS)
- 43
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 2
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 4 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Avon Park, City Of standing, mid SDWIS violation third
19,361 people served (SDWIS) - larger served population (> 3,309). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 5% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: middle-third PFAS panel (≤ 4 compounds). Population rank #2,794 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Avon Park, City Of lands in the middle third by violation volume (43), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (19,361; 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 4 PFAS compounds (middle-third PFAS panel (≤ 4 compounds)).
- #2,794 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #194 of 905
- Population · FL
- 43
- 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.
4 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 11,006
- County
- Highlands
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 2
- Monitoring Violations
- 34
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 17 | 1986 |
| E. COLI | MR | 11 | 2025 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 4 | 2025 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 2 | 2013 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 1 | 2025 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 1 | 2025 |
| TTHM | MR | 1 | 2025 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Avon Park, City Of has 43 recorded EPA violations, 52% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 47% carry more. 5% of this system's own violations are health-based (2 of 43), and it ranks #2,794 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)
43 Around the middle fewer violations than 47% 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. 6 of 168 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFHxS | 7/24/2023 | 3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFDA | 7/24/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 7/24/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 7/24/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 7/24/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 7/24/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 7/24/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 7/24/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 7/24/2023 | 4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFNA | 7/24/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 7/24/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 7/24/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 7/24/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 7/24/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 7/24/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 7/24/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 7/24/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 7/24/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 7/24/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 7/24/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 7/24/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 7/24/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 7/24/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 7/24/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 7/24/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 7/24/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 7/24/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 7/24/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 7/24/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 7/24/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 7/24/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 7/24/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 7/24/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 7/24/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 7/24/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 7/24/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 7/24/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 7/24/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 7/24/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 7/24/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 7/24/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 7/24/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 7/24/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 7/24/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 7/24/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 7/24/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 7/24/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 7/24/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 7/24/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 7/24/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Population served record for Avon Park, City Of
EPA SDWIS lists 19,361 people served and 11,006 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Drinking Water Program
Nationwide peers
43 violations · 19,361 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 with similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Avon Park, 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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