Is CITY OF PLANT CITY UTILITY's water safe to drink?
CITY OF PLANT CITY UTILITY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 41,601 people get their water from it, across 12,725 connections.
CITY OF PLANT CITY UTILITY's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, CITY OF PLANT CITY UTILITY ranks 2,463th by violation burden (81th percentile) - 15 violations total, 8 health-baseds.
How CITY OF PLANT CITY UTILITY compares within FL
CITY OF PLANT CITY UTILITY's 8 health-based violations sit above the FL average of 4.5, across 482 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for CITY OF PLANT CITY UTILITY is from 2010-01-04 (health-based: 2002-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CITY OF PLANT CITY UTILITY'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)
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
This is what CITY OF PLANT CITY UTILITY reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 15 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.