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Is Pahokee, FL tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Pahokee, 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

1 of the 2 utilities serving Pahokee has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Florida’s records: Pelican Lake Water Plant.

Palm Beach County System 11, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 0.4 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 Pahokee’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Pahokee

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

  • Everglades Laboratories, Inc.

    West Palm Beach, FL · about 27 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (561) 833-4200

  • Jupiter Environmental Laboratories, Inc.

    Jupiter, FL · about 32 miles

    Certified for bacteria, lead and copper, metals, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts

    (561) 575-0030

  • FDOH Environmental Laboratory West Palm Beach

    West Palm Beach, FL · about 35 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (561) 822-4553

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 Pahokee

Which ZIP codes are in Pahokee: 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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