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Is Orlando, FL tap water safe?

15 utilities serve Orlando, 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.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

3 of the 15 utilities serving Orlando have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Florida’s records: Orlando Utilities Commission, Winter Park, City of (3 Wps) and Taft Water Association.

Orlando Utilities Commission, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.0 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

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 Orlando’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

5 more utilities in Orlando

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

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Orlando Utilities Commission’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 Orlando

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

  • Florida Radiochemistry Services, Inc.

    Orlando, FL · about 3 miles

    Certified for radioactivity

    (407) 382-7733

  • DOH-EPH Orange Water Testing Laboratory

    Orlando, FL · about 4 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (407) 723-5262

  • SGS North America, Inc. - Orlando

    Orlando, FL · about 6 miles

    Certified for PFAS

    (407) 425-6700

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 Orlando

Which ZIP codes are in Orlando: 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 Orlando

Other towns in Orange County with a page of their own.

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