Is Eatonville, FL tap water safe?
The short answer
3 of the 12 utilities serving Eatonville have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Florida’s records: Winter Park, City of (3 Wps), Town of Eatonville and Orlando Utilities Commission.
Ocud/Western Regional WTR Sys (5 Wps), which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 2 results above the health goal. The worst: PFOS at 5.0 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
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 Eatonville’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Ocud/Western Regional WTR Sys (5 Wps)
Florida · serves 206,742 people · about 790 in Eatonville
1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 2 results above the health goal. The worst: PFOS at 5.0 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Ocud/Southern Water Sys (5 Wps)
Florida · serves 80,738 people · about 740 in Eatonville
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.6 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Maitland, City of (3 Wps)
Florida · serves 13,370 people · about 710 in Eatonville
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.2 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Winter Park, City of (3 Wps)
Florida · serves 82,984 people · about 330 in Eatonville
1 result above the legal limit and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 73.5 ppb, above the legal limit.
2 health-based violations since 2016
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Casselberry, City of (3 Wps)
Florida · serves 54,747 people · about 220 in Eatonville
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 0.15 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Flamingo Crossing (Consec.)
Florida · serves 9,704 people · about 150 in Eatonville
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.4 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Town of Eatonville
Florida · serves 2,727 people · about 150 in Eatonville
2 results above the legal limit and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5) at 59.9 ppb, above the legal limit.
8 health-based violations since 2016
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Orlando Utilities Commission
Florida · serves 536,466 people · about 120 in Eatonville
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.0 ppb, above the health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Seminole County Southeast
Florida · serves 70,040 people · under 100 in Eatonville
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.2 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Altamonte Springs Water Dept (2 Wps)
Florida · serves 51,000 people · under 100 in Eatonville
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
2 more utilities in Eatonville
By EPA’s estimate, each serves fewer people in Eatonville than those above.
- Druid Hills (Consec.)serves 821 people · under 100 in Eatonville · no health-based violations since 2016
- Oakland Shoresserves 788 people · under 100 in Eatonville · no health-based violations since 2016
What handles it
Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Ocud/Western Regional WTR Sys (5 Wps)’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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Countertop reverse osmosis
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: PFOS, Arsenic, Lead
Aquasana SmartFlow Reverse Osmosis (AQ-SFRO2)
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: PFOS, Arsenic, Lead
Brondell Capella RC250 Reverse Osmosis System
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: PFOS, Arsenic, Lead
Water testing near Eatonville
The 3 labs Florida certifies closest to Eatonville, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Advanced Environmental Laboratories, Inc. - Orlando
Altamonte Springs, FL · about 3 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics
Eurofins Orlando
Altamonte Springs, FL · about 3 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
EMSL Analytical, Inc. - Orlando
Orlando, FL · about 4 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, asbestos
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 Eatonville: 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 Eatonville
Other towns in Seminole County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Ocud/Western Regional WTR Sys (5 Wps)’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Filters for PFOSRanked by certification and what they cost over five years.The best water filters for PFAS, ranked
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water