Is Bushnell, FL tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 6 utilities serving Bushnell has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Florida’s records: Oak Tree Circle Park LLC.
Bushnell, City of (2 Wps), which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s and Florida’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.
A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Bushnell’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Bushnell, City of (2 Wps)
Florida · serves 3,047 people · about 730 in Bushnell
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Sumter Correctional Institution
Florida · serves 2,008 people · about 170 in Bushnell
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.3 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Lake Panasoffkee Water Assn 2wps
Florida · serves 4,642 people · about 120 in Bushnell
3 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 2 results above the health goal. The worst: PFOS at 53 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Jumper Creek Utility Company
Florida · serves 115 people · lists Bushnell among the places it serves
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 1.0 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Oak Tree Circle Park LLC
Florida · serves 70 people · lists Bushnell among the places it serves
1 result above the legal limit and 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Nitrate at 14 ppm, above the legal limit.
13 health-based violations since 2016
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Isleworth
Florida · serves 60 people · lists Bushnell among the places it serves
3 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.3 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Bushnell
The 3 labs Florida certifies closest to Bushnell, 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 19 miles
Certified for bacteria
Marion County Water Test Lab., LLC
Ocala, FL · about 22 miles
Certified for bacteria
Lake County Water Resource Management Laboratory
Tavares, FL · about 28 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals
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 FloridaWhich ZIP codes are in Bushnell: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: Florida Department of Health Environmental Laboratory Certification Program, drinking water labs, as listed in TNI LAMS; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.
Near Bushnell
Other towns in Sumter County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Bushnell, City of (2 Wps)’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- 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
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water