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Is Fort Pierce, FL tap water safe?

15 utilities serve Fort Pierce, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and Florida’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

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The short answer

2 of the 15 utilities serving Fort Pierce have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Florida’s records: North Hutchinson Island and Cypress MHP.

Ft. Pierce Utilities Authority, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 2 results above the health goal. The worst: PFOS at 12 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 Fort Pierce’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

5 more utilities in Fort Pierce

By EPA’s estimate, each serves fewer people in Fort Pierce than those above.

  • Country Cove Mobile Home Parkserves 197 people · lists Fort Pierce among the places it serves · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Sandalwood Estates S/Dserves 120 people · lists Fort Pierce among the places it serves · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Colony Club MHPserves 102 people · lists Fort Pierce among the places it serves · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Cypress MHPserves 87 people · lists Fort Pierce among the places it serves · 18 health-based violations since 2016
  • H ; H MHPserves 44 people · lists Fort Pierce among the places it serves · 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 Ft. Pierce Utilities Authority’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Fort Pierce

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab Florida certifies.

The 3 labs Florida certifies closest to Fort Pierce, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Eurofins Port St. Lucie

    Port St. Lucie, FL · about 7 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (772) 343-8006

  • FL Dept. of Health - Indian River County Health Department

    Vero Beach, FL · about 15 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (772) 794-7400

  • Florida-Spectrum Environmental Services-Big Lake Laboratory

    Okeechobee, FL · about 35 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (863) 763-3336

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

ZIP codes in Fort Pierce

Which ZIP codes are in Fort Pierce: 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.

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