Is Mascotte, FL tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 3 utilities serving Mascotte has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Florida’s records.
Mascotte Water Department, 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 Mascotte’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Mascotte Water Department
Florida · serves 12,355 people · about 6,400 in Mascotte
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Groveland Water Department
Florida · serves 23,628 people · about 1,200 in Mascotte
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.5 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Clermont East Water System (2 Wps)
Florida · serves 39,279 people · about 120 in Mascotte
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 2.3 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Mascotte
The 3 labs Florida certifies closest to Mascotte, 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 14 miles
Certified for bacteria
Lake County Water Resource Management Laboratory
Tavares, FL · about 17 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals
Central Florida Tourism Oversight District Environmental Sciences
Lake Buena Vista, FL · about 23 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 FloridaWhich ZIP codes are in Mascotte: 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 Mascotte
Other towns in Lake County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Mascotte Water Department’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