Is Wallace, FL tap water safe?
The short answer
Neither of the 2 utilities serving Wallace has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Florida’s records.
Pace Water System, Inc., which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: PFOS at 8.3 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 Wallace’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Pace Water System, Inc.
Florida · serves 49,328 people · about 3,500 in Wallace
1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: PFOS at 8.3 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Chumuckla Water System, Inc.
Florida · serves 5,527 people · about 560 in Wallace
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.1 ppb, above the health goal.
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 Pace Water System, Inc.’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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ZeroWater 10 Cup Pitcher (ZP-010)
Pitcher
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: PFOS, Lead
Aquasana Claryum Direct Connect (AQ-MF-1)
Under-sink carbon
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 16, 2026
Certified for: PFOS, Lead
Express Water StreamLine Direct Connect System (USC001)
Under-sink carbon
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 16, 2026
Certified for: PFOS, Lead
Water testing near Wallace
The 3 labs Florida certifies closest to Wallace, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Eurofins Pensacola
Pensacola, FL · about 10 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics
University of West Florida Wetlands Research Laboratory
Pensacola, FL · about 10 miles
Certified for bacteria
Escambia County Water Quality Laboratory
Pensacola, FL · about 16 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 FloridaZIP codes in Wallace
Which ZIP codes are in Wallace: 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 Wallace
Other towns in Santa Rosa County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Pace Water System, Inc.’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
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