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Is Winter Haven, FL tap water safe?

15 utilities serve Winter Haven, 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

1 of the 15 utilities serving Winter Haven has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Florida’s records: Winter Haven Water Department.

Winter Haven Water Department, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 2 results above the health goal. The worst: PFOS at 6.0 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 Winter Haven’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

5 more utilities in Winter Haven

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

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Winter Haven Water Department’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 Winter Haven

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

  • Benchmark Mid Florida Laboratory

    Winter Haven, FL · about 2 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (863) 656-2020

  • Central Florida Tourism Oversight District Environmental Sciences

    Lake Buena Vista, FL · about 30 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (407) 824-7301

  • Advanced Environmental Laboratories, Inc. - Tampa

    Tampa, FL · about 39 miles

    Certified for bacteria, lead and copper, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts

    (813) 630-9616

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 Winter Haven

Which ZIP codes are in Winter Haven: 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 Winter Haven

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

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