Community Water System · PWS FL6510324
Port Richey Water Dept-City Of
Operator location Port Richey, Florida - UCMR5 detected 5 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)) on this PWS; SDWIS lists 59 violations and 7,732 people served.
- 7,732
- People served (this PWS)
- 59
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 3
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 5 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Port Richey Water Dept-City Of standing, mid SDWIS violation third
UCMR5 detected 5 PFAS compounds - upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 5% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Population rank #5,765 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Port Richey Water Dept-City Of lands in the middle third by violation volume (59), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (7,732; 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 5 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)).
- #5,765 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #274 of 905
- Population · FL
- 59
- 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.
5 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 2,952
- County
- Pasco
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 3
- Monitoring Violations
- 29
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| E. COLI | MR | 14 | 2025 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 5 | 2014 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 4 | 2025 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 3 | 2012 |
| Nitrate | MR | 2 | 1997 |
| Public Notice | Other | 2 | 2017 |
| TTHM | MR | 2 | 2025 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 2 | 2025 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 1 | 2024 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Port Richey Water Dept-City Of has 59 recorded EPA violations, 61% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 39% carry more. 5% of this system's own violations are health-based (3 of 59), and it ranks #5,765 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)
59 Around the middle fewer violations than 39% 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. 9 of 58 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4:2 FTS | 9/9/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 9/9/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 9/9/2024 | 4.90 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFOS | 9/9/2024 | 16.90 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFNA | 9/9/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 9/9/2024 | 3.70 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFHpA | 9/9/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 9/9/2024 | 6.10 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFPeA | 9/9/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 9/9/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 9/9/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 9/9/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 9/9/2024 | 5.80 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 9/9/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 9/9/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 9/9/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 9/9/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 9/9/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 9/9/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 9/9/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 9/9/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 9/9/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 9/9/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 9/9/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 9/9/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 8/6/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 8/6/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 8/6/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 8/6/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 2/5/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 2/5/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 2/5/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 2/5/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 2/5/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 2/5/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 2/5/2024 | 7.60 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFHpA | 2/5/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 2/5/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 2/5/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 2/5/2024 | 4.30 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFDA | 2/5/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 2/5/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 2/5/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 2/5/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 2/5/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 2/5/2024 | 4.50 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 2/5/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 2/5/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 2/5/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 2/5/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
UCMR5 PFAS record for Port Richey Water Dept-City Of
Open EPA SDWIS federal reports for PWS FL6510324 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
59 violations · 7,732 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).
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