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Is St. Cloud, FL tap water safe?

12 utilities serve St. Cloud, 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

4 of the 12 utilities serving St. Cloud have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Florida’s records: Shelter Cove Resort, Hammock Pointe Utility Association Inc, Floridian Rv Resort and 1 more.

St. Cloud, City of (3 Wps), which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.1 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 St. Cloud’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

2 more utilities in St. Cloud

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

  • Sharp'S Mobile Home Parkserves 179 people · lists St. Cloud among the places it serves · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Lake Toho Resortserves 70 people · lists St. Cloud among the places it serves · 5 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 St. Cloud, City of (3 Wps)’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 St. Cloud

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 St. Cloud, 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 17 miles

    Certified for radioactivity

    (407) 382-7733

  • Central Florida Tourism Oversight District Environmental Sciences

    Lake Buena Vista, FL · about 21 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (407) 824-7301

  • SGS North America, Inc. - Orlando

    Orlando, FL · about 22 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 St. Cloud

Which ZIP codes are in St. Cloud: 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 St. Cloud

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

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