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LAKE PLACID, TOWN OF: EPA violation history, explained

LAKE PLACID, TOWN OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 2,675 people get their water from it, across 1,125 connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

LAKE PLACID, TOWN OF has 20 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 7,843th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 39th percentile nationally.

How LAKE PLACID, TOWN OF compares within FL

FL's 482 covered systems average 4.5 health-based violations each; LAKE PLACID, TOWN OF carries 1, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.

Most recent violation on record

The last violation EPA has on record for LAKE PLACID, TOWN OF is from 2026-01-03 (health-based: 1990-01-05). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

LAKE PLACID, TOWN 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:

The most severe category on record is other regulated metals, which points toward a reverse osmosis-class filter if you want to address it directly.

What this data is and is not

This is what LAKE PLACID, TOWN OF 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. Between the utility's meter and LAKE PLACID, TOWN OF's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 7,843th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.