Brandon Pointe Community
What EPA’s and Florida’s records show in this utility’s water: nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals; lead and copper; and violations since 2016, with the certification that handles each result.
- Serves
- 1,001 people
- Connections
- 400
- Water source
- Surface water bought from another system
- Based in
- Brandon, FL
- County
- Hillsborough
- Owner
- Private
The ZIP code it serves
The short answer
Nothing in EPA’s and Florida’s records for this utility is above a health goal. That covers nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals, plus lead and copper, not everything. No health-based violations on file since 2016.
What was found
Haloacetic acids (HAA5) and total trihalomethanes (TTHM): Florida’s own results, samples taken from Aug. 19, 2021 to Nov. 14, 2024.
Below EPA’s limits2
Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
Forms or is added in treatment
18.9ppb
Highest yearly average, 2021 to 2024
2024 average: 12 ppb
Averaged by year, the highest was 18.9 ppb, in 2021, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. Its highest single sample was 20.9 ppb. In 2024, the latest year on file, its four samples averaged 12 ppb.
What handles it
No certification claim covers this compound yet.
Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)
Forms or is added in treatment
19.9ppb
Highest yearly average, 2021 to 2024
2024 average: 16.9 ppb
Averaged by year, the highest was 19.9 ppb, in 2021, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. Its highest single sample was 23.1 ppb. In 2024, the latest year on file, its four samples averaged 16.9 ppb.
What handles it
- NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
- NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
One compound tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
- Lead
Violations since 2016
No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016. There are 4 monitoring or reporting violations: a sample missed, late or not reported.
What this report can’t tell you
Everything else. Haloacetic acids (HAA5) and total trihalomethanes (TTHM) results here are Florida’s own from 2021 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Brandon Pointe Community’s own annual report, which it must send you every year, has the contaminants this page does not show.
Your own plumbing. Lead results are the 90th percentile across homes the utility samples. Your home’s service line, solder and fixtures decide yours. A certified lab test is the only way to know.
What it means for your health. This page reports what the records show and EPA’s limits and goals; it is not medical advice. If you are worried about a health effect, talk to a doctor or your local health department.
Anything after the latest data. SDWIS data is from 2026 Q3; UCMR 5 didn’t sample this utility; Florida’s results run from Aug. 19, 2021 to Nov. 14, 2024.
Testing your own tap
The 3 labs Florida certifies closest to the area Brandon Pointe Community serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Advanced Environmental Laboratories, Inc. - Tampa
Tampa, FL · about 5 miles
Certified for bacteria, lead and copper, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
Hillsborough County Environmental Laboratory
Tampa, FL · about 5 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
KNL Environmental Testing
Tampa, FL · about 11 miles
Certified for bacteria, radioactivity
Florida Department of Health Bureau of Public Health Laboratories: Coliform and E. coli testing for private wells at the Jacksonville and Miami labs. Collection kits come from your county health department, and the sample has to reach the lab on ice the same day it is collected. $40 for private testing through the state lab. Well Water Testing, Florida Department of Health.
All 212 certified labs for FloridaSources
- EPA UCMR 5 occurrence data, file of Oct. 15, 2026
- EPA SDWA bulk download (SDWIS federal data), 2026 Q3
- Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Drinking Water Program, results from Jan. 2, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2024, read Oct. 8, 2026
- Certified labs: Florida Department of Health Environmental Laboratory Certification Program, drinking water labs, as listed in TNI LAMS, read Oct. 11, 2026; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer
- Limits and goals: each contaminant’s page, with its EPA source.
- How this page is built: methodology.
PWSID FL6296238. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.
What to do next
- Nothing here is above a health goalIn EPA’s and Florida’s records for this utility. They don’t cover everything, which is why the next step matters.Every contaminant TapBuff tracks
- Get the utility’s own reportBrandon Pointe Community must send you a water quality report every year. It covers contaminants this page does not show.How to read it
- Test your own tap for leadYour service line, solder and fixtures decide the lead at your faucet, not the utility’s average.Lead in your water: what to do
- Decide if you want a filter at allA filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.NSF/ANSI standards, decoded