DrinkingWaterCheck

DESOTO CORRECTIONAL INST: EPA violation history, explained

DESOTO CORRECTIONAL INST had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 3,134 people get their water from it, across 104 connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

33 total violations and 12 health-based ones put DESOTO CORRECTIONAL INST at the 88th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,594 of 12,903.

Against the FL average

FL's 482 covered systems average 4.5 health-based violations each; DESOTO CORRECTIONAL INST carries 12, more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.

Most recent violation on record

DESOTO CORRECTIONAL INST's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-12, with the most recent health-based one dated 2025-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.

The concern categories on record

DESOTO CORRECTIONAL INST'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:

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 DESOTO CORRECTIONAL INST's record does not cover

DESOTO CORRECTIONAL INST'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 DESOTO CORRECTIONAL INST's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,594th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.