Is NEW PORT RICHEY WATER DEPT's water safe to drink?
NEW PORT RICHEY WATER DEPT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 33,000 people through 11,619 service connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, NEW PORT RICHEY WATER DEPT ranks 8,278th by violation burden (36th percentile) - 9 violations total, 1 health-based.
Against the FL average
NEW PORT RICHEY WATER DEPT's 1 health-based violations sit within the FL average of 4.5, across 482 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
NEW PORT RICHEY WATER DEPT's most recent violation on record is dated 2026-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2007-01-08. Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
The concern categories on record
NEW PORT RICHEY WATER DEPT'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)
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 NEW PORT RICHEY WATER DEPT's record does not cover
NEW PORT RICHEY WATER DEPT'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 NEW PORT RICHEY WATER DEPT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 8,278th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.