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Is Inverness, FL tap water safe?

14 utilities serve Inverness, 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 14 utilities serving Inverness have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Florida’s records: Ft Cooper Mobile Home Comm and Royal Oaks Homeowner'S Assoc..

Inverness Water Dept, 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 9.1 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 Inverness’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

4 more utilities in Inverness

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

  • The Oasis MHPserves 100 people · under 100 in Inverness · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Golden Terraceserves 313 people · under 100 in Inverness · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Oak Pond Adult M.H. Estatesserves 70 people · under 100 in Inverness · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Harbor Lights Mobile Resortserves 63 people · lists Inverness 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 Inverness Water Dept’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 Inverness

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 Inverness, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Marion County Water Test Lab., LLC

    Ocala, FL · about 22 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (352) 694-6042

  • Central Florida Water Testing LLC DBA Plant Technicians

    Leesburg, FL · about 27 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (352) 787-2944

  • Aqua Pure Water & Sewage Service, LLC

    Ocala, FL · about 28 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (352) 355-2383

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 Inverness

Which ZIP codes are in Inverness: 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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