What's in GULF COUNTY WATER DEPARTMENT's water?
GULF COUNTY WATER DEPARTMENT had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. It serves 6,287 people through 2,515 service connections.
How this compares nationally
GULF COUNTY WATER DEPARTMENT has 29 violations on record in total, 13 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,462th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 89th percentile nationally.
How GULF COUNTY WATER DEPARTMENT compares within FL
Among the 482 FL systems in this dataset, the average is 4.5 health-based violations - GULF COUNTY WATER DEPARTMENT's 13 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 GULF COUNTY WATER DEPARTMENT is from 2024-01-11 (health-based: 2024-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
GULF COUNTY WATER DEPARTMENT'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)
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
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
GULF COUNTY WATER DEPARTMENT'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 GULF COUNTY WATER DEPARTMENT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,462th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.