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Dogwood Estates, LLC

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
50 people
Connections
28
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Lakeland, FL
County
Polk
Owner
Private
The 2 ZIP codes it serves

33811, 33815

The short answer

1 result is above the limit’s level with no violation recorded, and 3 more are above the health goal. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), above the limit’s level, no violation. No health-based violations on file since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 2002 to 2024.

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), arsenic, uranium, haloacetic acids (HAA5), fluoride, nitrate and chromium (total): Florida’s own results, samples taken from Dec. 21, 2020 to Dec. 10, 2024, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Above the limit’s level, no violation recorded1

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Above the limit’s level, no violation

108ppb

Highest yearly average, 2021 to 2024

2024 average: 0.15 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 108 ppb, in 2021, above EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. In 2024, the latest year on file, its three samples averaged 0.15 ppb. EPA judges this limit on running averages at each sampling point, and recorded no violation for total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at this utility since 2020. Results like these with no violation often include water sampled before treatment or blending; the utility’s annual report says what reaches the tap. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 54.9 ppb, in 2018.

What handles it

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

Above the health goal3

Arsenic

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

5.0ppb

Highest yearly average, 2021 to 2024

2024, one sample: 1.1 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 5.0 ppb, in 2021: below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. In 2024, the latest year on file, its one sample was 1.1 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 1.5 ppb, in 2015.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction”

Lead

Comes from pipes, often your own

Above the health goal

1.0ppb

90th percentile, 2024

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

0.19ppb

Highest yearly average, 2024

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.19 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 limits3

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

30.6ppb

Highest yearly average, 2021 to 2024

2024 average: 0.33 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 30.6 ppb, in 2021, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. Its highest single sample was 34 ppb. In 2024, the latest year on file, its three samples averaged 0.33 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 37.4 ppb, in 2012.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.34ppm

Highest yearly average, 2021 to 2024

2024 average: 0.19 ppm

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.34 ppm, in 2021, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. Its highest single sample was 0.42 ppm. In 2024, the latest year on file, its two samples averaged 0.19 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 0.39 ppm, in 2015.

What handles it

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

0.028ppm

Highest sample; found in 2 of 4

2024: not found

The highest sample, in 2020, was 0.028 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2024, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in its one sample. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 0.02 ppm, in 2012.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge)”
One compound tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • 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: Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction, Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction, Lead Reduction

    For: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), Arsenic, Lead

    Other certifiers’ wording: VOC Reduction; Arsenic (III) (50 ppb influent level)

  • NSF/ANSI 58

    Claims: Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction, Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction, Lead Reduction, Uranium

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

    Other certifiers’ wording: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=300 ppb Reduction; Arsenic (V) (300 ppb influent level)

At the tap, or for the whole house?

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Violations since 2016

No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016. There are 27 monitoring or reporting violations: a sample missed, late or not reported.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), arsenic, uranium, haloacetic acids (HAA5), fluoride, nitrate and chromium (total) results here are Florida’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Dogwood Estates, LLC’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 Dec. 21, 2020 to Dec. 10, 2024.

Testing your own tap

Dogwood Estates, LLC’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 Dogwood Estates, LLC serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Benchmark Mid Florida Laboratory

    Winter Haven, FL · about 14 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (863) 656-2020

  • Advanced Environmental Laboratories, Inc. - Tampa

    Tampa, FL · about 23 miles

    Certified for bacteria, lead and copper, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts

    (813) 630-9616

  • Hillsborough County Environmental Laboratory

    Tampa, FL · about 23 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics

    (813) 272-5977

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 FL6531350. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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