Ventura Village

What EPA’s and Florida’s records show in this utility’s water: nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals; lead and copper; and violations since 2016, with the certification that handles each result.

Serves: 100 people
Connections: 50
Water source: Groundwater
Based in: Hernando, FL
County: Citrus
Owner: Private

The short answer

1 result is above the limit’s level with no violation recorded. The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5), above the limit’s level, no violation. No health-based violations on file since 2016.

What was found

Haloacetic acids (HAA5), total trihalomethanes (TTHM), nitrate, fluoride, chromium (total), arsenic and uranium: Florida’s own results, samples taken from Aug. 25, 2020 to Aug. 13, 2024, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Above the limit’s level, no violation recorded1

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Above the limit’s level, no violation

79.2ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2024

2024, one sample: 5.6 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 79.2 ppb, in 2020, above EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. In 2024, the latest year on file, its one sample was 5.6 ppb. EPA judges this limit on running averages at each sampling point, and recorded no violation for haloacetic acids (HAA5) at this utility since 2020. Results like these with no violation often include water sampled before treatment or blending; the utility’s annual report says what reaches the tap. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 44.7 ppb, in 2012.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Below EPA’s limits4

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

67.5ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2024

2024, one sample: 2.4 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 67.5 ppb, in 2020, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. Its highest single sample was 74 ppb. In 2024, the latest year on file, its one sample was 2.4 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 73.1 ppb, in 2018.

What handles it

NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

0.67ppm

Highest sample; found in 4 of 4

2024, one sample: 0.52 ppm

The highest sample, in 2020, was 0.67 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2024, the latest year on file, its one sample was 0.52 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 1.1 ppm, in 2012.

What handles it

NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction”
NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge)”

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.26ppm

Highest yearly average, 2021 to 2024

2024 average: 0.21 ppm

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.26 ppm, in 2021, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. In 2024, the latest year on file, its two samples averaged 0.21 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 0.25 ppm, in 2018.

What handles it

NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Fluoride Reduction”
NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Fluoride”

Chromium (total)

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

1.4ppb

Highest yearly average, 2021 to 2024

2024, one sample: 1.4 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 1.4 ppb, in 2021, below EPA’s legal limit of 100 ppb. In 2024, the latest year on file, its one sample was 1.4 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 4.8 ppb, in 2015.

What handles it

NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Chromium (Hexavalent) Reduction”
NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Chromium Reduction”

3 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.

Arsenic
Lead
Uranium

Violations since 2016

No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016. There are 14 monitoring or reporting violations: a sample missed, late or not reported.

What this report can’t tell you

Everything else. Haloacetic acids (HAA5), total trihalomethanes (TTHM), nitrate, fluoride, chromium (total), arsenic and uranium results here are Florida’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Ventura Village’s own annual report, which it must send you every year, has the contaminants this page does not show.
Your own plumbing. Lead results are the 90th percentile across homes the utility samples. Your home’s service line, solder and fixtures decide yours. A certified lab test is the only way to know.
What it means for your health. This page reports what the records show and EPA’s limits and goals; it is not medical advice. If you are worried about a health effect, talk to a doctor or your local health department.
Anything after the latest data. SDWIS data is from 2026 Q3; UCMR 5 didn’t sample this utility; Florida’s results run from Aug. 25, 2020 to Aug. 13, 2024.

Testing your own tap

Ventura Village’s results are for the water it sends out. What your own service line, solder and fixtures add shows up only in a test of your tap, by a lab Florida certifies.

No lab Florida certifies is within 75 miles of the area Ventura Village serves on the state’s list. Some take samples by mail; the state’s page lists them all.

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