DrinkingWaterCheck

What's in LAKELAND, CITY OF's water?

LAKELAND, CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 193,297 people get their water from it, across 63,354 connections.

How this compares nationally

Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, LAKELAND, CITY OF ranks 8,131th by violation burden (37th percentile) - 11 violations total, 1 health-based.

How LAKELAND, CITY OF compares within FL

Among the 482 FL systems in this dataset, the average is 4.5 health-based violations - LAKELAND, CITY OF's 1 is at or below 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 LAKELAND, CITY OF is from 2026-01-03 (health-based: 2003-01-09). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

LAKELAND, 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:

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

LAKELAND, 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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 11 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.