Is DEFUNIAK SPRINGS W/S, CITY OF's water safe to drink?
DEFUNIAK SPRINGS W/S, CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 12,243 people get their water from it, across 5,144 connections.
DEFUNIAK SPRINGS W/S, CITY OF's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, DEFUNIAK SPRINGS W/S, CITY OF ranks 3,768th by violation burden (71th percentile) - 9 violations total, 5 health-baseds.
How DEFUNIAK SPRINGS W/S, CITY OF compares within FL
Among the 482 FL systems in this dataset, the average is 4.5 health-based violations - DEFUNIAK SPRINGS W/S, CITY OF's 5 is above that. 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 DEFUNIAK SPRINGS W/S, CITY OF is from 2015-01-01 (health-based: 2013-01-09). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
DEFUNIAK SPRINGS W/S, 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)
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
DEFUNIAK SPRINGS W/S, CITY OF's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. Between the utility's meter and DEFUNIAK SPRINGS W/S, CITY OF's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 3,768th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.