Is APALACHICOLA, CITY OF's water safe to drink?
APALACHICOLA, CITY OF had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 5,235 people get their water from it, across 2,358 connections.
How this compares nationally
APALACHICOLA, CITY OF has 94 violations on record in total, 43 of thems health-based - ranking it 339th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 97th percentile nationally.
How APALACHICOLA, CITY OF compares within FL
FL's 482 covered systems average 4.5 health-based violations each; APALACHICOLA, CITY OF carries 43, more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for APALACHICOLA, CITY OF is from 2024-01-05 (health-based: 2022-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
APALACHICOLA, CITY OF's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
- Radionuclides - flagged from: Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
Everything on this page is APALACHICOLA, CITY OF's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 43 health-based violations on file for APALACHICOLA, CITY OF - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.