Is Interlachen, FL tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 5 utilities serving Interlachen has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Florida’s records.
Interlachen Lake Estates, 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 Interlachen’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Interlachen Lake Estates
Florida · serves 717 people · under 100 in Interlachen
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Interlachen WS
Florida · serves 791 people · under 100 in Interlachen
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 0.7 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Westwood Village Apartments
Florida · serves 55 people · under 100 in Interlachen
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 0.7 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Grassy Lakes WTP
Florida · serves 240 people · under 100 in Interlachen
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.6 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Lil Hill Top MHP
Florida · serves 54 people · lists Interlachen among the places it serves
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Interlachen
The 3 labs Florida certifies closest to Interlachen, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Certified Labs of Florida
Melrose, FL · about 10 miles
Certified for bacteria
FL Dept. of Health - Alachua County Health Department
Gainesville, FL · about 21 miles
Certified for bacteria
BCS Laboratories, Inc. - Gainesville
Gainesville, FL · about 26 miles
Certified for bacteria
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 FloridaZIP codes in Interlachen
Which ZIP codes are in Interlachen: 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 Interlachen
Other towns in Putnam County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Interlachen Lake Estates’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