What's in LAKELAND's water?
LAKELAND had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 2,718, over 1,071 connections.
How this compares nationally
LAKELAND has 15 violations on record in total, 4 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,282th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 67th percentile nationally.
How LAKELAND compares within GA
GA's 312 covered systems average 3.5 health-based violations each; LAKELAND carries 4, more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for LAKELAND is from 2025-01-07 (health-based: 2025-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/12/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
LAKELAND'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:
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
The most severe category on record is disinfection byproducts, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
This is what LAKELAND 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 LAKELAND's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,282th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.