Is MADISON WATER DEPARTMENT's water safe to drink?
MADISON WATER DEPARTMENT has at least one health-based violation EPA's ECHO database still lists as unaddressed - the required fix has not been reported complete. 7,350 people get their water from it, across 2,100 connections.
MADISON WATER DEPARTMENT's record against the rest of the country
MADISON WATER DEPARTMENT has 65 violations on record in total, 4 of thems health-based - ranking it 3,994th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 69th percentile nationally.
How MADISON WATER DEPARTMENT compares within FL
FL's 482 covered systems average 4.5 health-based violations each; MADISON WATER DEPARTMENT carries 4, not 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 MADISON WATER DEPARTMENT is from 2025-01-08 (health-based: 2025-01-02). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
MADISON 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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
Everything on this page is MADISON WATER DEPARTMENT's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 4 health-based violations on file for MADISON WATER DEPARTMENT - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.