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City of Coleman

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
824 people
Connections
386
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Coleman, FL
County
Sumter
Owner
Local government
The ZIP code it serves

33521

The short answer

2 results are above EPA’s legal limit, and 2 more are above the health goal. The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5), above the legal limit. 16 health-based violations since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 2006 to 2024.

Copper: EPA’s file records a utility’s copper only when it exceeds the action level. The last here was 1.4 ppm, for the period ending Dec. 31, 1999. None since is on file, so it is not counted as a current finding.

Haloacetic acids (HAA5), total trihalomethanes (TTHM), uranium, nitrate, arsenic, chromium (total) and fluoride: Florida’s own results, samples taken from Feb. 4, 2020 to Aug. 19, 2024, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Above the legal limit2

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Above the legal limit

55.4ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2024

2024 average: 28.4 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 55.4 ppb, in 2020, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. Its highest single sample was 90 ppb. In 2024, the latest year on file, its two samples averaged 28.4 ppb. EPA judges this limit at each sampling point, and recorded a violation for haloacetic acids (HAA5) at this utility in 2020. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 71.6 ppb, in 2019, and EPA recorded violations in 2016 and 2019.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Above the legal limit

53.3ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2024

2024 average: 27.9 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 53.3 ppb, in 2020, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. Its highest single sample was 91.4 ppb. In 2024, the latest year on file, its two samples averaged 27.9 ppb. EPA judges this limit at each sampling point, and recorded a violation for total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at this utility in 2020. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 87.3 ppb, in 2016, and EPA recorded violations in 2016, 2017 and 2019.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”

Above the health goal2

Lead

Comes from pipes, often your own

Above the health goal

4.7ppb

90th percentile, 2024

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 4.7 ppb, below EPA’s action level of 15 ppb. The action level drops to 10 ppb on Nov. 1, 2027. EPA’s health goal for lead is zero.

What handles it

Uranium

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

0.33ppb

Highest yearly average, 2024

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.33 ppb, in 2024: below EPA’s legal limit of 30 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. That is the only year on file.

What handles it

Below EPA’s limits1

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

0.2ppm

Highest sample; found in 2 of 4

2024, one sample: 0.11 ppm

The highest sample, in 2022, was 0.2 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2024, the latest year on file, its one sample was 0.11 ppm.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge)”
3 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Arsenic
  • Chromium (total)
  • Fluoride

What handles it

A certification covers specific claims, not a whole standard. Look for these claims on the certifier’s listing, not the box. Wording varies a little: NSF writes “Lead Reduction,” WQA just “Lead.”

  • NSF/ANSI 53

    Claims: Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction, Lead Reduction

    For: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), Lead

    Other certifiers’ wording: VOC Reduction

  • NSF/ANSI 58

    Claims: Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction, Lead Reduction, Uranium

    For: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), Lead, Uranium

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Violations since 2016

Contaminant or ruleTypePeriodMeasuredStatus
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)The running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJuly 1, 2020 to Sept. 30, 202073.1 UG/LResolved
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)The running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageApril 1, 2020 to June 30, 202069.8 UG/LResolved
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)The running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJan. 1, 2020 to March 31, 202077 UG/LResolved
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJan. 1, 2020 to March 31, 202083.8 UG/LResolved
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)The running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageOct. 1, 2019 to Dec. 31, 201973.5 UG/LResolved
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageOct. 1, 2019 to Dec. 31, 201983.4 UG/LResolved
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJuly 1, 2019 to Sept. 30, 201988.8 UG/LResolved
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)The running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageApril 1, 2019 to June 30, 2019115 UG/LResolved
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageApril 1, 2019 to June 30, 2019109 UG/LResolved
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJan. 1, 2017 to March 31, 201789.5 UG/LResolved
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageOct. 1, 2016 to Dec. 31, 201699.7 UG/LResolved
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)The running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageOct. 1, 2016 to Dec. 31, 201662.4 UG/LResolved
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJuly 1, 2016 to Sept. 30, 201686.7 UG/LResolved
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)The running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJuly 1, 2016 to Sept. 30, 201675 UG/LResolved
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)The running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageApril 1, 2016 to June 30, 201673.2 UG/LResolved
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageApril 1, 2016 to June 30, 201683.7 UG/LResolved
Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record. 1 monitoring or reporting violation not shown.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Haloacetic acids (HAA5), total trihalomethanes (TTHM), uranium, nitrate, arsenic, chromium (total) and fluoride results here are Florida’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. City of Coleman’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 Feb. 4, 2020 to Aug. 19, 2024.

Testing your own tap

City of Coleman’s results are for the water it sends out. What your own service line, solder and fixtures add shows up only in a test of your tap, by a lab Florida certifies.

The 3 labs Florida certifies closest to the area City of Coleman serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Central Florida Water Testing LLC DBA Plant Technicians

    Leesburg, FL · about 11 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (352) 787-2944

  • Marion County Water Test Lab., LLC

    Ocala, FL · about 20 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (352) 694-6042

  • Lake County Water Resource Management Laboratory

    Tavares, FL · about 21 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals

    (352) 343-3776

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 Florida

Sources

PWSID FL6604861. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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