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Community Water System · PWS FL6580326

Sarasota-City Of

Operator location Sarasota, Florida - 0% of 15 violations are health-based (lower-third health share (≤ 1%)); groundwater source; 55,364 served per SDWIS.

55,364
People served (this PWS) Larger third of systems
15
EPA violations (this PWS) Lower third of systems
0
Health-based (this PWS) Lower third by health-based share
No PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS) Tested, none detected
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Sarasota-City Of standing, low SDWIS violation third

0% of 15 recorded violations are health-based - lower-third health share (≤ 1%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 0% is lower-third health share (≤ 1%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #966 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Sarasota-City Of is in the lower third by violation count (15; lower-third violation load (≤ 21 violations)). A low count does not mean the system is unmonitored - monitoring and reporting violations still appear in SDWIS. Population served is large (55,364; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is only 0% - almost all of this trail is monitoring or reporting. UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.

#966 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#88 of 905
Population · FL
15
Total EPA violations on record
0%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.

B+
Water Safety Score
78/100
Sarasota-City Of

Based on EPA SDWIS violation history and UCMR5 PFAS testing only, not water taste, odor, infrastructure age, or contaminants outside the federally tracked set.

Health-based violations A+
0
EPA SDWIS health-based violations on record (MCL, MRDL, treatment technique)
Monitoring & reporting violations C
15
Non-health SDWIS violations (monitoring, reporting, and other compliance)
PFAS contamination N/A
Tested, none detected
Highest PFAS compound level detected in UCMR5 testing

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Local
Connections
19,614
County
Sarasota
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
0
Monitoring Violations
0
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Sarasota-City Of has 15 recorded EPA violations, 25% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 74% carry more. 0% of this system's own violations are health-based (0 of 15), and it ranks #966 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)

15 Lower than most fewer violations than 74% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

How many violations vs. how serious, among peer systems

Sarasota-City Of plotted against 29 peer public water systems (500+ people served), by total violation count (x) and the share of those violations that are health-based (y). The crosshair sits at this sample's own median on each axis. A high violation count does not automatically mean a serious record: most monitoring and reporting violations are minor, not health-based.

Violation volume vs. health-based share

30 public water systems (500+ people served), EPA SDWIS current release. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Total violations (X) and Health-based share (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Frequent and seriousRare but seriousFrequent, mostly paperworkClean record 0200400600 0%20%40%60%80%100% Total violations Health-based share Violation volume vs. health-based share Miccosukee Service Plaza-0, 0%Brazoria - Fort Bend Counties MUD 3-0, 0%Tanglewilde Thompson Place 600-2, 0%Center Water Co-5, 0%Montgomery Co RWD 12-7, 29%Spring Mills Elem School/Hvs-9, 0%Irvin Water District #6-11, 27%Great Bend Industrial Park-14, 0%Nooksack Valley Water Association-16, 31%Glen Park Village-19, 0%Camp Is-Sho-Da-22, 0%Kipling Oaks 1-25, 16%McLouth, City Of-29, 17%Hamilton-33, 0%Pine Valley Plantation-37, 24%Lake Gibson Estates-42, 2%Ticonderoga WD-47, 26%Town of Welaka-54, 0%Township of Blairstown Dpw-61, 0%McIntosh Water & Fire Pro Authority-71, 0%Sunset Ridge Water District-82, 15%South Deerfield Water Supply District-96, 16%Clarkdale Municipal Water System-114, 0%Orange Water Dept-136, 14%Mount Pleasant Water Sys #1-167, 11%Benson Culinary Improvement District-212, 1%Eureka Water Association-273, 0%City of Ballinger-372, 85%Conemaugh Twp Muni Auth-567, 1%Sarasota-City Of-15, 0%
30 public water systems (500+ people served), EPA SDWIS current release.

PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)

Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 0 of 58 samples detected PFAS.

Contaminant Date Result MRL Status
PFOS 7/22/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 7/22/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 7/22/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 7/22/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 7/22/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 7/22/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 7/22/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 7/22/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 7/22/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 7/22/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 7/22/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 7/22/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 7/22/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 7/22/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 7/22/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 7/22/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 7/22/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 7/22/2024 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 7/22/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 7/22/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 7/22/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 7/22/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 7/22/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 7/22/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 7/22/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 6/3/2024 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 6/3/2024 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 6/3/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 6/3/2024 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 12/6/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 12/6/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 12/6/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 12/6/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 12/6/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 12/6/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 12/6/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 12/6/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 12/6/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 12/6/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 12/6/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 12/6/2023 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 12/6/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 12/6/2023 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 12/6/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 12/6/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 12/6/2023 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 12/6/2023 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 12/6/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 12/6/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 12/6/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected

Health-based violations on Sarasota-City Of

0 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for FL6580326.

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

Nationwide peers

15 violations · 55,364 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

What to do with Sarasota-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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