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Dade Juvenile Residential Facility

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
75 people
Connections
6
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Florida City, FL
County
Miami - Dade
Owner
Private
Hardness
Very hard

The short answer

3 results are above EPA’s legal limit, and 2 more are above the health goal. The worst: Copper, above the action level. 15 health-based violations since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 2016 to 2021.

Haloacetic acids (HAA5), total trihalomethanes (TTHM), uranium, fluoride, nitrate, arsenic and chromium (total): Florida’s own results, samples taken from Nov. 18, 2020 to Dec. 16, 2024.

Above the legal limit3

Copper

Comes from pipes, often your own

Above the action level

24ppm

90th percentile, 2021

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 24 ppm, above EPA’s action level of 1.3 ppm.

What handles it

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Above the legal limit

456ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2024

2024 average: 98.4 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 456 ppb, in 2021, about 7.6 times EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. Its highest single sample was 840 ppb. In 2024, the latest year on file, its eight samples averaged 98.4 ppb, above the limit. EPA recorded violations for haloacetic acids (HAA5) at this utility in 2021 and 2022.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Above the legal limit

496ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2024

2024 average: 134 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 496 ppb, in 2021, about 6.2 times EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. Its highest single sample was 853 ppb. In 2024, the latest year on file, its eight samples averaged 134 ppb, above the limit. EPA recorded violations for total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at this utility in 2021, 2022 and 2023.

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

1.0ppb

90th percentile, 2025

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 1.0 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

0.3ppb

Highest yearly average, 2024

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.3 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 limits2

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.1ppm

Highest yearly average, 2024

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.1 ppm, in 2024, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. That is the only year on file.

What handles it

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

0.11ppm

Highest sample; found in 1 of 2

2024, one sample: 0.11 ppm

The highest sample, in 2024, was 0.11 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. That was also the latest year on file, and 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)”
2 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Arsenic
  • Chromium (total)

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: Copper Reduction, Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction, Lead Reduction

    For: Copper, Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), Lead

    Other certifiers’ wording: VOC Reduction

  • NSF/ANSI 58

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

    For: Copper, Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), Lead, Uranium

At the tap, or for the whole house?

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Hardness

Very hard, 280 mg/L (16.4 grains per gallon), at its one sampling point, 2022 to 2024.

Hardness is calcium and magnesium. EPA sets no limit for it: it shows up as scale on fixtures and in water heaters, and as soap that won’t lather. USGS calls water above 60 mg/L moderately hard, above 120 hard and above 180 very hard.

Softeners compared at 16.4 grains per gallon, salt includedSoftener or salt-free conditioner?Florida water hardness, utility by utility

Violations since 2016

Contaminant or ruleTypePeriodMeasuredStatus
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageOct. 1, 2023 to Dec. 31, 2023164 UG/LArchived
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJuly 1, 2023 to Sept. 30, 2023164 UG/LArchived
1,2-DichloroethaneThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJuly 1, 2022 to Sept. 30, 20225.8 UG/LArchived
Carbon tetrachlorideThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJuly 1, 2022 to Sept. 30, 20225.8 UG/LArchived
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJuly 1, 2022 to Sept. 30, 2022246 UG/LArchived
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)The running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJuly 1, 2022 to Sept. 30, 2022292 UG/LArchived
Carbon tetrachlorideThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageApril 1, 2022 to June 30, 20225.8 UG/LArchived
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageApril 1, 2022 to June 30, 2022246 UG/LArchived
1,2-DichloroethaneThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageApril 1, 2022 to June 30, 20225.8 UG/LArchived
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)The running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageApril 1, 2022 to June 30, 2022292 UG/LArchived
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)The running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJan. 1, 2022 to March 31, 2022210 UG/LArchived
Carbon tetrachlorideThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJan. 1, 2022 to March 31, 20225.8 UG/LArchived
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJan. 1, 2022 to March 31, 2022199 UG/LArchived
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)The running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageOct. 1, 2021 to Dec. 31, 2021210 UG/LArchived
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageOct. 1, 2021 to Dec. 31, 2021199 UG/LArchived
Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record. 53 monitoring or reporting violations not shown.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Haloacetic acids (HAA5), total trihalomethanes (TTHM), uranium, fluoride, nitrate, arsenic and chromium (total) results here are Florida’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Dade Juvenile Residential Facility’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 Nov. 18, 2020 to Dec. 16, 2024.

Testing your own tap

Dade Juvenile Residential Facility’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.

No lab Florida certifies is within 75 miles of the area Dade Juvenile Residential Facility serves on the state’s list. Some take samples by mail; the state’s page lists them all.

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.

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Sources

PWSID FL4134358. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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