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Yankeetown WTP

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
711 people
Connections
469
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Yankeetown, FL
County
Levy
Owner
Local government
The ZIP code it serves

34498

The short answer

1 result is above EPA’s legal limit, and 1 more is above the health goal. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), above the legal limit. 8 health-based violations since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), arsenic, haloacetic acids (HAA5), nitrate, fluoride, chromium (total) and uranium: Florida’s own results, samples taken from Jan. 22, 2020 to Nov. 19, 2024, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Above the legal limit1

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Above the legal limit

63.1ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2024

Averaged by year, the highest was 63.1 ppb, in 2024, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. Its highest single sample was 118 ppb. That was also the latest year on file. EPA judges this limit at each sampling point, and recorded violations for total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at this utility in 2024, 2025 and 2026. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 108 ppb, in 2019, and EPA recorded a violation in 2019.

What handles it

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

Above the health goal1

Arsenic

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

0.3ppb

Highest yearly average, 2024

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.3 ppb, in 2024: below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. That is the only year on file. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 1.6 ppb, in 2015.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction”

Below EPA’s limits3

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

37.6ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2024

Averaged by year, the highest was 37.6 ppb, in 2024, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. Its highest single sample was 69.3 ppb. That was also the latest year on file. EPA recorded no violation for haloacetic acids (HAA5) at this utility since 2020. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 55.2 ppb, in 2019.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

0.22ppm

Highest sample; found in 2 of 4

2024, one sample: 0.22 ppm

The highest sample, in 2024, was 0.22 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. That was also the latest year on file, and its one sample was 0.22 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 0.38 ppm, in 2013.

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

0.086ppm

Highest yearly average, 2021 to 2024

2024 average: 0.05 ppm

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.086 ppm, in 2021, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. Its highest single sample was 0.1 ppm. In 2024, the latest year on file, its two samples averaged 0.05 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 0.11 ppm, in 2015.

What handles it

3 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Chromium (total)
  • Lead
  • Uranium

What handles it

A certification covers specific claims, not a whole standard. Look for these claims on the certifier’s listing, not the box. Wording varies a little: NSF writes “Lead Reduction,” WQA just “Lead.”

  • NSF/ANSI 53

    Claims: Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction, Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction

    For: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), Arsenic

    Other certifiers’ wording: VOC Reduction; Arsenic (III) (50 ppb influent level)

  • NSF/ANSI 58

    Claims: Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction, Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction

    For: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), Arsenic

    Other certifiers’ wording: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=300 ppb Reduction; Arsenic (V) (300 ppb influent level)

At the tap, or for the whole house?

These come with the water itself, so a whole-house system certified for the same claims treats every tap and shower. A filter at the tap treats drinking water for much less. How whole-house systems compare.

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Violations since 2016

Contaminant or ruleTypePeriodMeasuredStatus
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJan. 1, 2026 to March 31, 202689.7 UG/LArchived
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageOct. 1, 2025 to Dec. 31, 202587.6 UG/LArchived
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageApril 1, 2025 to June 30, 2025162 UG/LArchived
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJan. 1, 2024 to March 31, 202480.6 UG/LArchived
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageOct. 1, 2019 to Dec. 31, 2019112 UG/LResolved
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJuly 1, 2019 to Sept. 30, 2019122 UG/LResolved
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageApril 1, 2019 to June 30, 2019126 UG/LResolved
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJan. 1, 2019 to March 31, 2019108 UG/LResolved
Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record. 10 monitoring or reporting violations not shown.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), arsenic, haloacetic acids (HAA5), nitrate, fluoride, chromium (total) and uranium results here are Florida’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Yankeetown WTP’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 Jan. 22, 2020 to Nov. 19, 2024.

Testing your own tap

Yankeetown WTP’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.

The 3 labs Florida certifies closest to the area Yankeetown WTP serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Marion County Water Test Lab., LLC

    Ocala, FL · about 39 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (352) 694-6042

  • Aqua Pure Water & Sewage Service, LLC

    Ocala, FL · about 41 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (352) 355-2383

  • Advanced Environmental Laboratories, Inc. - Gainesville

    Gainesville, FL · about 44 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (352) 377-2349

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

Sources

PWSID FL6382116. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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